The GPS & Nav/Comm Buyer's Guide
7th Edition
192 pages, softcover
numerous photos and illustrations
$19.95
Butterfield Press, ISBN 0-932579-08-06
This is the avionics buyer's guide, now in its 7th Edition. Aviation author Keith Connes provides you with the major features, specifications, photos, and prices of GPS handhelds and panel-mounted systems. Products of all the manufacturers are in there: Garmin, Bendix/King, UPS Aviation Technologies (formerly II Morrow), Avidyne, Archangel, Lowrance, Arnav, Narco. Included are handy GPS Comparison Charts. The Guide also covers moving map displays, laptop map systems, and handheld and panel-mounted VHF nav/comms. It even tells you how to find a good radio shop, what it takes to get a GPS receiver IFR-certified in your airplane, and the tricks to getting a first-class avionics installation. The book includes Keith's "Hands-On" evaluations of leading models. If you're in the market for avionics, you owe it to yourself to read this book before you spend your money.
"It not only lists and explains the equipment, it also gives you some outstanding background into why the equipment does what it does."
The Flyer
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