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Old 17th December 2007 | 10:24
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squawk6969
 
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SOLOCMV is right

Do not use/rely on the terrain alerts....FFS you are VFR anyway.

As an IFR backup tool ok, but it is a VFR GPS only. Out the back of Brisbane it gets you close to some large rocks with no warning at all.

The 296 is the go for me!

SQ
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