“Got along without you ‘fore I met you, gonna get along without you now.” So there, Garmin Perspective in the Cirrus SR22! Just as the lyrics suggest, my feelings are mixed. I’d love to be able to get along with the Perspective-equipped Cirrus, but frankly, that option is above my pay grade.
I’ve struggled along with the panel I have … well, that’s not accurate … I’ve enjoyed the avionics I’ve acquired to enhance my Cardinal’s panel since I bought it with a partner more than 20 years ago. Originally, equipped with a pair of ARC navcoms and an ADF, it had an adequate and capable panel for IFR operations. Over the years we worked down a “wish” list. I’ve forgotten the chronology but a Northstar loran was an early addition and a backup vacuum system seemed important. When Judith wondered why we didn’t have an instrument to tell us where thunderstorms lurked, I explained there was one, but that it was expensive. “Buy one,” she insisted and that’s how a Stormscope 900 found its way to the panel.
