Lost my GNS480 @ 7000 ft flying to KTYS

[Ryan ORL]

7 hours ago, toto said:

If I remember correctly, the UPS-AT navigator was superior to the GNS radios back in the day, in significant part because the UPS navigator had airway support and the Garmins didn’t. Garmin bought the UPS-AT business with no real intention of developing the product - they wanted to push customers to the 430/530, so the 480 was doomed the moment the sale went through. 

The 480 ended up being the first Garmin navigator with WAAS support, I guess because it wasn’t Garmin tech

 

Yeah, it was a great unit.  I loved mine.  Did airways, holds, all the departure and arrival leg types, including less common stuff like heading to baro alt to direct, etc... (many of which the 430/530 units just shorthand as 'VECTORS').  I would take it over a 430/530 any day.

[toto]

57 minutes ago, Ryan ORL said:

Yeah, it was a great unit.  I loved mine.  Did airways, holds, all the departure and arrival leg types, including less common stuff like heading to baro alt to direct, etc... (many of which the 430/530 units just shorthand as 'VECTORS').  I would take it over a 430/530 any day.

Funny enough, the only time I ever saw a 480 in the flesh was when I went out to Idaho to see your plane when a previous owner was selling it

 

[Ryan ORL]

On 8/11/2024 at 9:14 PM, toto said:

Funny enough, the only time I ever saw a 480 in the flesh was when I went out to Idaho to see your plane when a previous owner was selling it

 

Wow, small world!  I remember the previous owner telling me about his ferry flight from Idaho.  My plane used to live in the Portland, Oregon area at one point also.