On Feb 15, 2:40 am, Thomas Borchert
wrote:
Plus I won't get spoiled using all those sophisticated
avionics!

Hmm. You won't learn how to use them, either.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


That was said with tongue in cheek (mostly). Since the money I spend
on flying is finite, I can fly the unsophisticated Warrior longer and
more often than the GPS equipped Dakota. I love the advantages
provided by the GPS and autopilot (The ADF and DME really aren't that
important any more with the 430 in the panel). I fully intend to
become proficient with everything in the panel before attempting to
fly the Dakota in real IMC.

Everything has a balance. I think it's important to be able to fly
just using the basic instrumentation, but not at the cost of ignorance
about 21st (and late 20th) century avionics. Like I mentioned in
another post, I'm hoping the flying club will spring for the WAAS
upgrade for the 430. Our local Class D field is scheduled to get the
new LNAV/VNAV LPV approaches next month. Sounds like fun!