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Old February 4th 08, 08:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Ron Garret
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Default Primus 1000 FMS brain damage

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Mxsmanic wrote:

Ron Garret writes:

Un-freakin-believable. They build a $5M plane and don't even put a
decent GPS in it? Why would anyone buy it?


Because it's half the price of the same plane with the fancy avionics?


For that to be true, RNAV-capable avionics would have to cost $5M. You
can go to Cessna and buy a complete Garmin glass cockpit for about 5% of
that (and they'll throw in a nice carrying case called a 172SP as a
bonus).

rg