Would I need multiple Jeppesen subscriptions for 430/480/530 stack?

Good afternoon,

I noticed that in some newer aircraft, the avionics stack contains
two Garmin 430s or a combination of 430, 530 and/or 480. If I read
the Garmin product data correclty, each has an onboard Jeppesen
database.

I guess the big question is does each unit require its own Jeppesen
subscription? Seems like this could get pretty expensive pretty
quickly.

Thanks and best regards,
Chris

-- Chris Owens, June 2, 2006

Answers

According to Jeppesen's Web site, you do need a special "Dual" subscription. Luckily, however, it doesn't appear to be twice the price as a single subscription!

Here's a page that describes their offerings for dual units:

http://www.jeppesen.com/wlcs/application/commercewf?origin=category.jsp&event=link(browse)&wlcs_catalog_sourceKey=wlcs_categories&wlcs_catalog_destinationKey=wlcs_siblings&wlcs_catalog_category_id=CNS4A2A4

-- Dave Todaro, June 5, 2006

Great information. Many thanks!

Best regards, Chris

-- Chris Owens, June 5, 2006