Should I buy a Loran C, GPS or multisensor navigation system with a built-in database?
The Argus’ database is more comprehensive than those of almost any Loran and/or GPS. Thus, you will probably find that you never refer to the Loran and/or GPS data. However, there can be occasions when the navigation system’s database will be useful: 1.) If you are not using the optional Argus software for designating waypoints or flightplans, you may select a destination waypoint or flightplan on the Loran or GPS. It is convenient to be able to enter it by identifier rather than by latitude and longitude. 2.) Without the optional Argus flightplanning software, the Argus will only give you information about facilities that are displayed on the screen. Therefore, it will be impossible to access data about facilities which do not appear in either the DEParture, ENRoute and EMERgency modes, or when such facilities are too far from the destination waypoint in the ARRival mode. If you feel these applications of the Loran C, GPS or multisensor navigation system database make it worth the exp
