N941WR
Legacy Member
The above quote from Paul in another thread brings up an interesting question...I?d be careful about omitting the IFR GPS at this point in time., We upgraded Louise's panel to glass about three years ago, and since we were doing it on a budget, went with a non-IFR GPS panel - SL-30 for "legal" nav, with a 396 for Situational Awareness. It turns out to be harder and harder to find approaches that she can fly just a couple of years later - so many depend on a DME or GPS fix these days. Yes, you can always fly an ILS to 200 and a quarter - if there is one in the vicinity of where you are going. the IFR system is rapidly adapting to GPS as a primary, default Nav source, and going without it in a new panel is probably being a little penny-wise and pound foolish.
My opinion of course.
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Paul
If building today, would you install a GNS 430w ($8,095) or put in a GNS 420w ($7,095) which is the same unit but without the VOR capability?