Depends.
Expected Availability: Garmin will offer the GDL 69 and GDL
69A for the MX20 multi-functional display in January 2005 and the G1000
integrated glass cockpit soon afterward. The company expects to make the GDL 69
available for the GNS 430/530 integrated navigation systems in the first quarter
of 2005. Initially, the GNS 430/530 will utilize the XM WX service to display
only NEXRAD and METAR data. But when the GNS 430/530 are approved for WAAS and
have received the requisite upgrade, these products will offer the extensive
weather capabilities of the GDL 69 and the combined weather/audio features of
the GDL 69A. The WAAS upgrade for the GNS400/500 series products can be expected
to be available mid 2005 for approximately $1500.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL (KARR)
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There is an oxymoron in that,
somewhere...