Groundpounder
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Emerson Bigguns
I'm in the market for an airplane, in case you couldn't tell by my 100's of stupid posts, and I have noticed a few aircraft with newer avionic installs have only a single VHF nav radio. I am looking at one now that has a GTN650, a Garmin GTR 225 (VHF com radio) and a Garmin transponder. Perfectly adequate for flying IFR, but if the GTN has a failure, you have zero navigation ability at that point. I know you can navigate with an iPad, but you can't fly IFR legally, and you for sure can't fly an approach with it. I just don't know why someone wouldn't spend a few extra AMU's and have a second nav radio in there.