A taildragger incident today

Nowadays, winter or summer, we punch in four
digits, and we're on our way to...anywhere!

Hope you have backup plans for when the GPS is toast... :)

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even power
up the old DME...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even power
up the old DME...

;-)

Damn Jay, some of us are still saving up for our FIRST GPS. :)

Ahhhh...

We carry 3... not by design, it kinda just happened...

A portable Garmin (more suitable for hikers)

A IIMorow came with the airplane, (yoke mounted)

The honey however is the Lowrance 2000C (we kept it when we sold
the Cessna)

Santa bringing the SSD with the terrain..

Dave


On 5 Dec 2005 06:52:01 -0800, "Flyingmonk" wrote:

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even power
up the old DME...

;-)

Damn Jay, some of us are still saving up for our FIRST GPS. :)

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:doYkf.603648$_o.185200@attbi_s71...
Nowadays, winter or summer, we punch in four
digits, and we're on our way to...anywhere!

Hope you have backup plans for when the GPS is toast... :)

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even power
up the old DME...

..........................followed immediately by a muffled scream as the
pilot hears this from ATC;
"Radar service terminated. You are cleared for the ADF approach on 24."
:-)
Dudley

On a VFR day with a safety pilot, I tried an NDB approach at a nearby
airport using my (gasp) handheld GPS. Flew the full procedure better than I
could have with just an ADF.
Legal? No. But interesting to have in your hip pocket of all other options
close.



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:doYkf.603648$_o.185200@attbi_s71...
Nowadays, winter or summer, we punch in four
digits, and we're on our way to...anywhere!

Hope you have backup plans for when the GPS is toast... :)

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even
power
up the old DME...

.........................followed immediately by a muffled scream as the
pilot hears this from ATC;
"Radar service terminated. You are cleared for the ADF approach on 24."
:-)
Dudley

I'm a firm believer in reduncency :-)
Dudley Henriques


"Steven Barnes" wrote in message
m...
On a VFR day with a safety pilot, I tried an NDB approach at a nearby
airport using my (gasp) handheld GPS. Flew the full procedure better than
I
could have with just an ADF.
Legal? No. But interesting to have in your hip pocket of all other options
close.



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:doYkf.603648$_o.185200@attbi_s71...
Nowadays, winter or summer, we punch in four
digits, and we're on our way to...anywhere!

Hope you have backup plans for when the GPS is toast... :)

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even
power
up the old DME...

.........................followed immediately by a muffled scream as the
pilot hears this from ATC;
"Radar service terminated. You are cleared for the ADF approach on 24."
:-)
Dudley

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:45:29 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Nowadays, winter or summer, we punch in four
digits, and we're on our way to...anywhere!

Hope you have backup plans for when the GPS is toast... :)

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even power
up the old DME...

....and for a complete electrical failure?

z

...and for a complete electrical failure?

That Lowrance GPS runs on alkaline batteries.

Oh, and I suppose we could always refer to the sectional chart, in a
pinch...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"