My flying style has changed and I now NEED inflight weather.
I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on a Garmin Aera 510 and hooking up XM weather. I have an Advanced 3500 EFIS but I like the portability of the Garmin so road navigation is easier in the places I land.
I use an Ipad in the cockpit but as we all know, up at altitude the 3G reception sucks and I can't rely on it to update (Foreflight) the METARS, Flight Rules, Radar etc....
Questions:
1. Any new ways of using the iPad for inflight weather that is reliable ?
2. Does anyone currently use the Aera 510 with XM and have any issues ?
3. Other suggestions.
I thought I'd tap into the vast VAF knowledge base before I break out the VISA
Thanks,
Darren
I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on a Garmin Aera 510 and hooking up XM weather. I have an Advanced 3500 EFIS but I like the portability of the Garmin so road navigation is easier in the places I land.
I use an Ipad in the cockpit but as we all know, up at altitude the 3G reception sucks and I can't rely on it to update (Foreflight) the METARS, Flight Rules, Radar etc....
Questions:
1. Any new ways of using the iPad for inflight weather that is reliable ?
2. Does anyone currently use the Aera 510 with XM and have any issues ?
3. Other suggestions.
I thought I'd tap into the vast VAF knowledge base before I break out the VISA
Thanks,
Darren