Thread: You mean I have to TALK to ATC? - long
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Old September 16th 07, 06:39 AM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default You mean I have to TALK to ATC? - long
In article .com,
says...

I'm not saying VORs don't have a place anymore. I'm just surprised to
hear primary students flying around solely by reference to them. It
seems rather quaint, with so many students training in glass cockpits


I think the "typical" training environment today (for basic PPL) is a 152/172
with the same panel they had 20 years ago, albeit with an add-on G430 which may
or may not be certified WAAS (little importance for the PPL student). The
instructors will turn off the GPS 90% of the time.


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