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Mxsmanic wrote in
: I've read that Class B airspaces are not happy to see GA traffic. From my experience, Class B controllers are happy to service traffic that behaves professionally, regardless of what part of the FARs they are operating under. I have personally heard Class B controllers ball out Airline Pilots for failing to pay proper attention to a call, and for failing to comply with an instruction in a timely fashion (ie: after three or four acknowledged requests). I have also heard them treat pilots in trainer planes with respect and gratitude. The controller has a job to do, and he expects the planes in his airspace to be monitoring his transmissions, and to follow his directions for procedures, altitudes, and headings in a timely fashion. Anyone who complies is welcomed. Even pilots who make a mistake are treated well and mildly corrected. But if a controller has to repeat every instruction 3 or 4 times, he's going to start getting very annoyed. |
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B A R R Y wrote:
I think mechanical E6B's are very useful, I don't feel the need to own an electronic version. However, computers and calculators have done much for science and engineering. I am not advocating using sliderules at work (though, it can be fun), but folks who started with them have a different mind set when it comes to numbers, like a better understanding of what constitutes significant figures and order of magnitudes... a bit for the same reason glider pilots make better powered pilots (ok, give me some credit for trying to bringing it back on topic :-) --Sylvain |
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Kev wrote:
I assume you belong to the Oughtred Society for the preservation of slide rules and other mechanical calculators? www.oughtred.org And of course the International Slide Rule Group? http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/ to my great shame, no I do not belong (yet) to any of these fine organizations. Thanks for the URLs! --Sylvain |
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B A R R Y wrote in news:ziN2h.754$7F3.71
@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com: I'm happy, but we just got the Slowdowner as "perfect" as I care... G Took me three years to get to the point where I got every switch knob and button working. Next up will be the interior when I get rich and famous for the money. Allen |
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![]() "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Dave Stadt writes: Sounds like your toy isn't very realistic and definately does not represent real flight. It is much more similar than different. Not even close. You have no idea having absolutely no actual flight experience. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in news:hjV2h.21642$TV3.21593
@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com: Not even close. You have no idea having absolutely no actual flight experience. Heh heh, been through this song and dance before I decided he isn't worth my time and efforts. Dave, save your wisdom for those more deserving AND more appreciative..... Allen |
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B A R R Y writes:
I think mechanical E6B's are very useful, I don't feel the need to own an electronic version. However, computers and calculators have done much for science and engineering. Both good and bad, unfortunately. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Neil Gould writes:
How on Earth would you have the slightest idea as to whether it is or isn't???? Because, as I have previously explained, I study. While neonates may be constrained to learn only through direct experience and trial and error, older human beings have the option of looking things up. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Judah writes:
What, exactly, do you see on your GPS? My coordinates, my heading and speed, and an arrow pointing to my destination heading if I've entered one into the GPS. Do you see, perhaps, an electrically depicted map? No. How is that you are able to follow a map and set of directions written on a 2" LCD screen, and yet you can't do the same if it is on paper? See above. I don't use a map on the GPS. Not in the Sim. If you stop the simulator, the simulation is less accurate. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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