X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [24.51.79.189] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WEBUSER 5.1c.3) with HTTP id 1360569 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:11:22 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Garmin GNS480 compared to Garmin 530 To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.1c.3 Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:11:22 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <8984A39879F2F5418251CBEEC9C689B3286757@lucky.dts.local> References: <8984A39879F2F5418251CBEEC9C689B3286757@lucky.dts.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1";format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Chuck Jensen" : Simple break points for the decision. 430 VFR with occasional light IFR (don't even bother flaming about 'light'!) and a lot of 'direct' 530 VFR with more regular IFR 480 IFR on a regular basis, especially in complex air space (northeast, southern CA) As Ron mentioned, the 480 combined with the MX20 (or the MX200, a new iteration), is a powerful combination that once familiar with the menus system, is very intuitive and much more user friendly than the 430/530. Chuck Jensen