Flight plan equipment suffix

Up till now I have been using the /G Flight plan equipment suffix. I
have IFR rated GPS Garmin 300XL + Narco 122D VOR/LOC/GS. But with the
cost of Jeppesen $kybound service "skyrocketing" (30% jump in one year)
I plan not to update the card full time and use GPS for VFR only - I am
not wealthy nor IFR rated. What would be the appropriate equipment
suffix?
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SQ2000 canard http://www.abri.com/sq2000

/U if so equipped.

http://www.faa.gov/ats/ato/rvsm_documentation.htm

"abripl" wrote in message
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Up till now I have been using the /G Flight plan equipment suffix. I
have IFR rated GPS Garmin 300XL + Narco 122D VOR/LOC/GS. But with the
cost of Jeppesen $kybound service "skyrocketing" (30% jump in one year)
I plan not to update the card full time and use GPS for VFR only - I am
not wealthy nor IFR rated. What would be the appropriate equipment
suffix?
-----------------------------------------------------
SQ2000 canard http://www.abri.com/sq2000

Even if your GPS were current, but you do not plan on using it, don't
file /G. Use the next most appropriate one. You probably have a
transponders, so use /U, or /A if you also have a DME.

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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Even if your GPS were current, but you do not plan on using it, don't
file /G.


Why not?

Because if the pilot declares an equipment as available, he should be
prepared to use it. No point in saying you have something if you are
not ready to use it.

Are you suggesting that pilots should file /G even if they don't know
how to operate the GPS?

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
oups.com...

Because if the pilot declares an equipment as available, he should be
prepared to use it. No point in saying you have something if you are
not ready to use it.


Why wouldn't the pilot be unready to use it? The GPS still works, it's just
that the database is not current.



Are you suggesting that pilots should file /G even if they don't know
how to operate the GPS?


Are you suggesting that choosing not to keep the database current removes
the pilot's knowledge of operating the GPS?

Why a pilot may not want to use an equipment for navigation is
irrelevant to the discussion. The point is that if he does not want to
use it, then he should not file it.

Not knowing how to operate a GPS is one example of why a pilot may
elect to not use a GPS. I did not claim that database currency has
anything to do with a pilot's knowledge of using a GPS.

abripl wrote:
I plan not to update the card full time and use GPS for VFR only - I am
not wealthy nor IFR rated. What would be the appropriate equipment
suffix?

It costs $$$$ just to be able to file /G... I's like to but I can't justify
it. I just don;t fly into that many places in bad weather where there isn't
am ILS. Just file /U

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:52:02 GMT, kontiki
wrote:

abripl wrote:
I plan not to update the card full time and use GPS for VFR only - I am
not wealthy nor IFR rated. What would be the appropriate equipment
suffix?

It costs $$$$ just to be able to file /G... I's like to but I can't justify
it. I just don;t fly into that many places in bad weather where there isn't
am ILS. Just file /U

Why would it cost anything to file /G on a VFR flight plan filed with
FSS for purposes of S&R? There is no requirement for the GPS to be
current for VFR flight. If it's working, /G should be perfectly
appropriate in a VFR-only environment.

It doesn't cost anything to file it that way, but for VFR it is meaningless.
It just tells ATC that you have a really good backup for situational
awareness. You cannot be issued clearance for an instrument approach if you
are VFR.

"Peter Clark" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:52:02 GMT, kontiki
wrote:

abripl wrote:
I plan not to update the card full time and use GPS for VFR only - I am
not wealthy nor IFR rated. What would be the appropriate equipment
suffix?

It costs $$$$ just to be able to file /G... I's like to but I can't
justify
it. I just don;t fly into that many places in bad weather where there
isn't
am ILS. Just file /U

Why would it cost anything to file /G on a VFR flight plan filed with
FSS for purposes of S&R? There is no requirement for the GPS to be
current for VFR flight. If it's working, /G should be perfectly
appropriate in a VFR-only environment.