I was late to the seminar, and didn't hear that part, so I might be wrong
here, but what he might be thinking is that the GPS, at least the C129 GPS's
don't sequence automatically to the missed approach point, you have to do it
yourself. Other than that, I looked at the AIM, and as long as you have the
non-GPS equipment required to fly the missed, and everything is working, it
looks to me as if you can use the GPS to actually fly it.

Basically, it looks like the rule for approaches is that you can use the GPS
for anything as long as you don't need it. If it is your only source of
navigation, then you can't legally use it for the approach. Enroute, it is a
little more relaxed, you can substitute the GPS for an ADF or DME under some
circumstances.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Brad


"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
We had a local safety counsellor give us a seminar on GPS and he said
something that seems pretty ridiculous. I understand that when you're
using GPS, if you file an alternate, it has to have non-GPS approaches in
case GPS isn't working in the area or your own GPS unit is T/U. And he
wasn't entirely clear, but it makes sense to me that if you get to your
alternate and your GPS is working fine, sure you can shoot the GPS
approach rather than the non-GPS approach. But then he said something
that makes no sense to me: he said that if you have to go missed at your
alternate, you're not allowed to use GPS to navigate the missed approach
procedure. Please tell me that he was misinterpreting a rule that said
you have to be *able* to navigate the missed approach procedure without
GPS, but you don't *have* to do so. So, for instance, if the missed
approach involves holding at a NDB, you have to have a ADF in the plane in
case GPS isn't working, but if the GPS is there and working you can use
it?

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