A taildragger incident today

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

Flyingmonk wrote:
Jay Honeck:

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... :)

Or for going to 3 digit identifiers... (he has 2 or 3 gps/s)

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 19:20:25 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:

Glue sticks to the fabric or metal, makes it tough to paint. So sez
George, and what George says, we do.

Cigarette lighter fluid (naphtha) takes duct tape sticky off pretty good.
--

I will report back on the functionality of blue painter's masking tape



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On 4 Dec 2005 22:45:23 -0800, "Flyingmonk"
wrote:

Jay Honeck:

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... :)


You read my mind.

z

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"

"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote

I will report back on the functionality of blue painter's masking tape


My observations, from using it for...gasp...painting----
Doesn't stick for crap to anything, and when you *do* get it to stick, if
you leave it too long, it still leaves some mess, and is brittle as it comes
off.

I hope it works for your application. ;-)
--
Jim in NC

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. :)

Darrel Toepfer wrote:

*I* wouldn't classify a Stationwagon as a "light taildragger"...

Compared to what? A Cub, a Beech 18, or a DC-3?


Jack