I have the 330 and 396 in my Grumman, and really appreciate having it in the LA basin. TIS is not being added to the new radars that are being installed, but the radar in LA was replaced fairly recently but before the decision to drop TIS was made. Considering how long the last radar version was in place, it seems likely it will be quite a while before the TIS actually goes away here.
ADS-B is a great concept, but I see on a typical day there are several NOTAMS for LA Center that run something like "GPS may be unavailable or unreliable for a 320 nm radius around Nxxxx/Wxxxx" for periods of several hours. How exactly is the ADS-B supposed to work when no one can get a GPS fix? Are we going to have to put inertial nav in our planes?
I hope someone has considered that, but I have not seen any reference to it in any of the articles extolling the virtues of the ADS-B.
Stan
N67SL (reserved)
RV-7A (wings)
KCCB
N6085L
Grumman AA-5
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