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Originally Posted by LoadMasterC141  Bill,
How come you want a handheld? Does the plane you are flying have no GPS? |
Correct. I fly the 152s in my club right now, and neither of them have GPS. Both of them are VFR-only with a single VOR in each.
(derail)
We do have GPS airplanes - both of our 172s, our Archer II, Warrior II, Arrow IV and Cherokee 6 all are IFR-certified planes with GPS. But I'm not flying any of those yet. I plan to train/time build in the 152s (save money) but for some of the personal XC flying I'm going to do (down to see Erika in Austin, maybe a stop in Temple
) as well as some personal/business flying into AR, OK and around HOU and SAT I may use the bigger aircraft.
Plus, it's nice to have a backup - I know on at least two of our Pipers right now the databases have expired and haven't been updated yet.
I'm planning to get checked out in the Archer II pretty soon after my checkride. Couple months from now, I think.