Video: iPad vs. Garmin’s 696

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The iPad, equipped with apps like Foreflight or WingX, is highly effective for plate reader functions.
  • For all-purpose cockpit navigation, the Garmin 696 is considered superior due to its robust GPS capabilities.
  • The article introduces a video that explores an "interesting and less expensive compromise" solution for cockpit navigation.
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With Foreflight or WingX loaded, the iPad aces the plate reader function, hands down. But how about for all-purpose cockpit navigation? Looks to us like the 696’s robust GPS wins that round. But there could be an interesting and less expensive compromise, as this video reveals.

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