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Old October 22nd 06, 09:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Common instruments on small aircraft

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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Take a look, then, at a photo of the panel of *my* airplane:


Awh, 'ell, that's quite a bit more than my previous aircraft (a
gyrocopter)... Its airspeed indicator was a disc in a plastic tube that rose
up with increased air speed -- similar to this
(http://www.hallwindmeter.com/images/short_bracket.jpg)... No altimeter...
I'm thinking that there *might* have been some sort of engine temperature
gauge, but I'm not sure... There might have been some sort of very small
tachometer, but it was small enough to not be really useful... Come to think
of it, I'm not even sure it had a compass... Most flights were done at 500
ft or less, so you follow roads, rivers, or anything else that might be
interesting... grin