What will I be able to do with the GNS 480 (CNX80) that I can?t do with my conventional GPS?
A. The GNS 480 (CNX80) will automatically be capable of utilizing the WAAS error corrections that will allow it to safely navigate 800 newly developed LNAV-VNAV instrument approaches. These approaches provide both horizontal and vertical guidance?even into airports that don?t have conventional ILS or IFR approach capability. As they become certified by the FAA, the GNS 480 (CNX80) also will be able to navigate new LPV precision approaches developed specifically for WAAS navigators. These precision approaches will provide ILS-like performance for thousands of runways throughout the continental U.S. which previously had no precision-approach capability. The GNS 480 (CNX80) is the world?s first TSO C-146a primary GPS navigator. This means a pilot could legally navigate solely by use of WAAS GPS, even in areas where VOR or NDB reception is poor or non-existent. All TSO C129/C129a systems require you to have another approved navigation system appropriate to your intended route of flight.
