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Originally Posted by Mcgyver
For your gps nav com, did you look at the gtn 650 unit? My understanding is that with the 430 and 530 discontinued, there will come a time in the future that displays will not be available for those units. I have 2 of them, so I am already in the boat. I discovered this when I asked my avionics group about updating to WAAS, and this was their opinion. Anyone have news of the contrary or education for maximizing our hard earned dollars.
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That's sort of correct....and if you watch, sometimes there are rebates on the GTN (there is a $500 one now until Dec 6 and there was a $1k deal earlier in the year) that can make the price of a GTN almost a wash compared to a new 430w. That said, the 430w can still be had new, and the reason it was discontinued wasn't due to the display, but rather a component in the Nav board being obsoleted. In fact' Garmin still produces the unit sans Nav/Comm boards in it (400W) today.
Cheers (and thanks to all for the kind word, Darwin is right)!
Stein
P.S. Tim & Tom at Approach is a fellow Minnesotan, a friend and colleague...we sell their stuff too - so I can attest to them being "good people"!