Hendrick Motorsports Report

In article NTBQf.116896$QW2.34594@dukeread08,
says...


The GPS, should have shown them a clear view of the general
position of their airplane to the airport.

Since I am not a government official, I am not restricted
from making educated statements about the obvious.


Nor do I believe you should be restricted from giving your best guess on
it. However, the report states they were using the GPS, and strongly
hints they may have misinterpreted it, or not fully understood how to fly
it.

If true, it could be a case of pilots fully conversant with the "legacy"
IFR system, bcoming over-reliant on the GPS, because it's "easier" when
in fact they haven't even fully mastered its use. I believe it's more
constructive to speculate on how trained, qualified people get into
situations like this, than to state they crashed because they were
"stupid".

GF