Reviewed: Aware GPS - Controlled Airspace Warning Device

Darren

Private Pilots now have access to an affordable touch screen device loaded with a CAA approved chart which incorporates a definitive controlled airspace database.

The Airspace Awareness Device - AWARE has been designed by the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) and aviation satnav outfit Airbox and offers, for the first time, a low cost 4This new device, quite unlike anything else currently available, provides a low cost moving map display using a 4.3" backlit sunlight readable screen and contains the latest UK ICAO 1:500,000 chart with free chart updates!

This new device, quite unlike anything else currently available, provides a low cost moving map display using a 4.3" backlit sunlight readable screen and contains the latest UK ICAO 1:500,000 chart with free chart updates!

Resident Top Gun Steven New, normally found training for an Air Transport Pilots Licence in the sunnier climes of Florida, has put the Aware device through its paces in the rather damper climate of a North East England winter!

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Darren Griffin

586 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 11

Having used gliding navigation programs for some years on PDAs and PNAs, I would point out that the suction mounts as shown and supplied are not a good idea if you go high. They can drop off due to the decreasing air pressure, and if re-attached at height, there is a risk of cracking perspex windscreens as you descend. Not a problem though if you only go up to 2/3000 ft.
Dave

Darren · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:01 am Post subject:

Good point. Difficult to know what other options are practical if you are renting though?
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rustum · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 15, 2006 Posts: 2

Did you get a chance to check the accuracy of the altimeter reading? In my experience (microlighting) the height given was often a bit iffy.

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