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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    Thanks, I'd be keen to do this at some point.
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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    I see you can build one from a kit. I'll definitely explore that option going forward. Doesn't look like a difficult project.
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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    Yeah I used ADS-B in/out while flying in the UK and Europe in an aircraft I had a share in. Had it coupled to my Samsung tablet running SkyDemon, and it's brilliant for situational awareness in the UK's crazy busy airspace. Gurss it's on me that should have checked foreflight and the ipad's...
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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    The 172 I am doing my conversion in has a GNS 530 and I believe that's ADS-B out only.
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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    I guess that eventually I'll get myself a portable ADS-B device. But at $400 for the mini Sentry, I'd rather spend that on flying for now. I'm not worried about the checkride, but would rather have the funds handy in case I need to have another go. I think for now I'll go for a portable GPS...
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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    I bought a refurbished ipad mini wifi only with 256GB storage and it was over $500. Needless to say if I knew about the need for cellular to have gps I'd have gone for that instead. I'm used to Samsung that doesn't have this limitation, lesson learnt... The issue with going too cheap is you are...
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    New to Foreflight & ipad (and US!) - gps receiver.

    Apologies, I'm sure this has come up a lot in the past, but a quick search didn't show anything. I'm fresh over from Europe and about to do my checkride for switching from UK to FAA PPL. I was hoping to continue using Skydemon (on Android) but their support for maps and airspace seems to not...
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