Common instruments on small aircraft

Judah wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
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Judah writes:


Are you instrument rated? If you are not instrument rated, then I agree
that flying GA is not dependable. Get your Instrument Rating and you will
see a whole other level of practicality to GA.

Just out of curiosity, what percentage of private general aviation
pilots have an instrument rating?



I don't know off the top of my head.

What percentage of licensed drivers have CDLs?

Or large-displacement motorcycle ratings?

Jim Stewart wrote:
Or large-displacement motorcycle ratings?

Well, obviously the BMW motorcycles need a special type of rating since
they utilize a horizontally opposed air-cooled cylinder type of engine...

Hmmm... Come to think of it, so do the old VW drivers...

Judah writes:

I don't know off the top of my head.

Then why reply? It only wastes your bandwidth and mine.

It's surprising to see how many people feel compelled to reply, even
though they have no idea what the answer to the question might be.
What is the real source of "noise" here?

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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Judah writes:

I don't know off the top of my head.

Then why reply? It only wastes your bandwidth and mine.

I also asked a question, which you simply ignored in your tirade... Who's the
troll now?

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Judah writes:

I don't know off the top of my head.

Then why reply? It only wastes your bandwidth and mine.

You don't appear to have much of a problem in wasting either one.

What is the real source of "noise" here?

You are a good deal of it.

Neil

Judah wrote:
Are you instrument rated? If you are not instrument rated, then I agree
that flying GA is not dependable. Get your Instrument Rating and you will
see a whole other level of practicality to GA.

I'm not instrument rating and I agree that IR pilots will have more
flexibility with weather. But I believe the larger percentage of GA
pilots are not IR. And the while IR pilots have *more* flexibility, in
most cases, it is still not as reliable as commercial or ground
transportation.

"Bart" wrote in news:1162329774.342372.325560
@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Judah wrote:
Are you instrument rated? If you are not instrument rated, then I agree
that flying GA is not dependable. Get your Instrument Rating and you will
see a whole other level of practicality to GA.

I'm not instrument rating and I agree that IR pilots will have more
flexibility with weather. But I believe the larger percentage of GA
pilots are not IR. And the while IR pilots have *more* flexibility, in
most cases, it is still not as reliable as commercial or ground
transportation.

If your purpose for flying is as a reliable mode of transportation, wouldn't
you do what is necessary to ensure it as such?

Would you stay with a learner's permit and complain that you can't drive at
night or on highways?

Judah writes:

If your purpose for flying is as a reliable mode of transportation, wouldn't
you do what is necessary to ensure it as such?

Yes ... which implies that pilots without an instrument rating aren't
really serious about using aircraft for transportation, no matter what
they might claim.

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Judah writes:

If your purpose for flying is as a reliable mode of transportation,
wouldn't you do what is necessary to ensure it as such?

Yes ... which implies that pilots without an instrument rating aren't
really serious about using aircraft for transportation, no matter what
they might claim.

That depends on their needs for transportation, no? Many people have more
than one mode of transportation available to them. A byciclist that
doens't own snow tires because they don't intend to ride to work in the
winter can still be serious about using their bike for transportation.
This "all or nothing" notion that either an aircraft should totally
replace another vehicle or it's not serious transportation is just plain
absurd; there are times to fly, times to drive, and times to take a
commercial flight, and they don't have to overlap at all.

Neil

Neil Gould writes:

That depends on their needs for transportation, no?

Outside the category of meteorologists, the need for transportation is
independent of the weather. Therefore someone who cannot fly in just
about any weather cannot provide reliable transportation.

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