I don't know which one it is, but a guy in our glider club bought a similar one last year for about that much. These are designed primarily for hikers and outsdoors people like hunters, etc. They are very difficult to use in an airplane, because of absolutely no data base, and you have to key in the lat/long of all positions and coordinates. Also, most of these have a limit of 99 knots in the speed readout, which can affect even us coupe guys on days with a reasonable tailwind. These cheapies are intended just to allow people in the woods to know where they are, and to walk to a point where they want to end up. The guy in our club tried his once in an airplane, and gave up. I suppose you could maybe use one effectively in a boat, but they're not worth much in an aircraft. If I were buying another GPS on a budget, I'd just watch Avweb's ads every day - there are lots of used ones appearing frequently for $300 or so that are aviation units. Jerry Eichenberger Columbus, Ohio N2906H
>>> "Glenn Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/15/98 12:49AM >>> Anyone have any information about that GPS unit sold a Kmart for $100 . I think someone posted something last week about it. I would like more details. Chances are if I go to Kmart and ask the clerk how it works in an aircraft I will get a blank stare.
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