> Someone was asking about simple GPS 's that are available. I have the
>cheep Magelland which sells for $99.00 dollars at walmart or Kmart. I have
>used it to fly my cessna all arround the northeast and find it to be the
>best of both worlds. It has no data base, but has 100 memories and is very
>easy to program and use. It has route capability, shows actual heading and
>speed. It will even display your time of arrival based on your speed. The
>best thing is it gives you a simple compass rose with a needle and you use
>it as if you were using a VOR. No buttons to play with while flying and
>you can be looking out windshield like you should be. It runs for 48 hrs
>on two AA batteries. Its been very reliable. NY
I wrote an article for Sport Aviation several years back
about the little boater/hiker hand-helds. I've had several
of the Magellan handhelds, the GPS2000 is still my favorite
but they all work fine. Haven't even turned a VOR receiver
ON in over two years. Once you've gone cross country direct
to hit a waypoint 1 mile off the approach end of the runway
with a $100 radio, it's hard to go back! There's a copy
of the article available at:
http://home.kscable.com/aeroelectric/articles/nailgun.pdf
Bob . . .
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