REFLECTOR: Garmin WAAS Upgrades

Ron Brown romott at adelphia.net
Sat Jun 4 07:27:42 CDT 2005


I got this from a friend in our local EAA Chapter:

          I thought that you could benefit from advanced knowledge of the following "news flash"  from my Cessna Pilots Association Website . Also , please initiate whatever action that is necessary with Garmin for the upgrade of my GNS-530 to WAAS status for the $1500 price as soon as it is available . Please let me know if a deposit becomes necessary when Garmin announces the procedure . I don't want to miss this valuable upgrade for this special price . Thanks ! ! 



   

Garmin has just announced to its dealers that effective immediately (June 1st 2005), new 430s/530s ordered will NOT be eligible for the $1,500 WAAS upgrade. They *will* be able to upgrade to WAAS, just not at the $1,500 price point but at a "to-be-determined price" which we can only assume will be higher.

Current owners of 430s/530s will be able to upgrade to WAAS for $1,500 but ONLY if they "lock in" (Garmin-speak for order now, pay when we actually ship) the WAAS upgrade BEFORE NOVEMBER 15th 2005. There does not appear to be a way to actually order the upgrade yet, I'm assuming those plans will be made available in the near future.

Availability of the WAAS upgrade for 400 and 500 series units is now scheduled for the THIRD quarter of 2006.
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