Beeping Thing

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:26:37 GMT, Dave S
wrote:

I would recommend getting with the instructor in the club who checked
you out in and endorsed you to fly the 172. That club instructor should
be familiar with the radios and audio panels and be able to 1) address
the issue and 2) provide some instruction on the subject for you.
Getting someone to troubleshoot "beeping" over usenet is probably not
nearly as effective.

Of course, this recommendation is based on the assumption that you are
in a flying club that requires checkouts by club instructors (which has
been the case for me)

Is it necessarily the case though that a VFR pilot would have been
told about IFR radio functions? I know I wasn't told anything about
IFR radio procedures other than how to use the VOR nav functions.

I'm pretty sure I would have been just as mystified by the beeping as
the original poster.

Corky Scott

"Corky Scott" wrote

Is it necessarily the case though that a VFR pilot would have been
told about IFR radio functions? I know I wasn't told anything about
IFR radio procedures other than how to use the VOR nav functions.

I'm pretty sure I would have been just as mystified by the beeping as
the original poster.

Corky Scott

I would think that a pilot would be taught basic things, on everything in
the plane, at least to the level of turning it off.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

"Corky Scott" wrote

Is it necessarily the case though that a VFR pilot would have been
told about IFR radio functions? I know I wasn't told anything about
IFR radio procedures other than how to use the VOR nav functions.

I'm pretty sure I would have been just as mystified by the beeping as
the original poster.

Corky Scott


I would think that a pilot would be taught basic things, on everything in
the plane, at least to the level of turning it off.

Amen... not to mention.. just because I am a VFR pilot does not mean I
dont use the VOR and DME to navigate. Identifying navaids (and turning
on and off their audio feature) is key to navigating properly. But..
more than anything else, if it's on the plane, I think it's prudent to
know what everything is, and how to use it at the most basic level. Our
flying club did so...

Dave