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Fed: Planes flying in "commercial" airspace must get GPS
Mxsmanic wrote:
VOR-DME writes: I can accept your judgment, but to think they have not dealt with scenarios as obvious as GPS blackouts in developing the new system, as MXIDIOT suggests, is patently ridiculous. I wish that were true. But people have a tendency to avoid dealing with things they don't like or don't understand, and organizations run by people have exactly the same problem. You mean like flight planning? -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Fed: Planes flying in "commercial" airspace must get GPS
Mxsmanic wrote:
VOR-DME writes: The good news, for all involved, is that Microsoft no longer supports MSFS, so the advantages and difficulties that those of us flying the real system face will be completely lost on MSFS users like MX, hopelessly lost in a 1980's world of air traffic regulation. Serious simmers do not use the built-in ATC of MSFS. And the product is still supported, although it is no longer under active development. Were it to disappear, there are alternatives such as X-Plane (not a pretty alternative, I'll grant). But none of this has anything to do with ADS-B. Which means as a MSFS gamer you have no clue what ADS-B is, how it works, or what the next step in the system is. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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jimp@specsol wrote
As an aside, I remember from my training a LONG time ago that ATC can use direction finding on your radio signal to give you your general location. A "DF steer", I think it was called. Is that still available? I've heard of it. I suppose if the FAA is throwing away everything else, they'll want to throw this away, too. Your "suppose" is useless in the real world. DF Steers were available only from Flight Service Stations. Since Flight Service has been contracted out to Lockheed Martin who have centralized the service and closed down most of the FSS facilities, I would certainly not depend on DF Steers being available. Bob Moore |
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Fed: Planes flying in "commercial" airspace must get GPS
Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: No one is talking about the POSSIBILITY of eliminating radar until the whole system is in place. And after the whole system is in place, how will ATC find you without radar then? You could read something other than USA Today and find out... All of them as all of them were trained to do it ... If all pilots continued to do what they were trained to do after getting their licenses, there wouldn't be so many of them killing themselves. Once again you try to turn the arguement in a different direction by stating, in effect, that real pilots are human beings and aren't absolutely perfect, which has nothing to do with the arguement. The fact remains that all real pilots are trained to do something that you can't understand, i.e. navigate with a compass, a chart, and a flight plan. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Fed: Planes flying in "commercial" airspace must get GPS
On May 30, 2:46*pm, Franklin
wrote: VOR-DME wrote: In article , says... Well VOR DME, you a better man then me going as far as you did. He has no clue what the real world is out here. *As I stated in my first reply to him, why should he be concerned as he is not a user of the system for navigation. His reading comprehension seems be less then a 6 year old as I am not familiar with the next generation stuff but you did an outstanding job explaining it in user friendly terms for this pilot. The good news, for all involved, is that Microsoft no longer supports MSFS, so the advantages and difficulties that those of us flying the real system face will be completely lost on MSFS users like MX, hopelessly lost in a 1980's world of air traffic regulation. Each day we live and fly keeps us up to date on how the system works and evolves, while each day casts MX and his ilk further into obsolescence and incomprehension. This distinction is useful. Isn't there a separate group for MSFS gamers? Franklin, you may have noticed this is the group for MSFS gamers who want to offer their "wisdom" and instruct rated pilots. |
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Fed: Planes flying in "commercial" airspace must get GPS
Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Jamming is a non problem for civilian aircraft not flying in a war zone. Read any NOTAMs lately? There are currently 5 NOTAMS about GPS for the entire country. There are currently 24 NOTAMS for LA Center alone. Sounds like a real big problem... Since you have never flown a real airplane you probably don't know this but VOR's fail or are taken down for maintenance all the time. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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