livitup
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While I'm not an owner yet, I'd like to think that I might be soon, so I follow the stories on AVweb and other eye-candy pushing sites/newsletters. I came across this little gem in a recent information binge...
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/July/29/bendix-king-kt-74.aspx
Not to long ago, the sentiment here was that Bendix King was on its last legs and would be defunct before too long, and I agreed with the crowd. Now they've gone and made an ADS-B Out transponder, that looks sharp, and is $1000 less than anything comparable from Garmin. If I had a plane and needed to upgrade, I'd pick this Bendix in a heartbeat, and I'm a long time Garmin guy in boats, personal GPS, and I'm quite happy to rent planes with Garmin avionics. So this is a fairly adulterous thought for me to be having...
Is this the beginning of the Bendix resurgence?
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/July/29/bendix-king-kt-74.aspx
Not to long ago, the sentiment here was that Bendix King was on its last legs and would be defunct before too long, and I agreed with the crowd. Now they've gone and made an ADS-B Out transponder, that looks sharp, and is $1000 less than anything comparable from Garmin. If I had a plane and needed to upgrade, I'd pick this Bendix in a heartbeat, and I'm a long time Garmin guy in boats, personal GPS, and I'm quite happy to rent planes with Garmin avionics. So this is a fairly adulterous thought for me to be having...
Is this the beginning of the Bendix resurgence?