Music in planes?

The three "M's". It's either and or, music, munching, and the mile high
club.

I only dream of the other things I could do if only I had an autopilot.

PJ

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"Tom|420" wrote in message
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Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?
Is so, do you?

What else do you do during long flights once auto-pilot is engaged? Do
you just take time to watch the landscapes?

Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?
Is so, do you?

Yes. We have the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in the panel of our '74 Piper
Pathfinder. It makes long flights very much nicer. (The kids can plug
their Walkman into the back, and listen to their own stuff, while Mary and I
crank out some Pink Floyd or Stevie Ray Vaughn!

Speaking along these lines, do any of you folks download music off the
internet? I've not tried it, but I'd like to burn a couple of new flying
CDs, and downloading sounds a lot easier than shopping in a music store.

Any recommended sites? Are they still free, or do they charge now?

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Tom|420" wrote in message
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What else do you do during long flights once auto-pilot is engaged? Do
you just take time to watch the landscapes?

Tom|420 wrote in message .. .
Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?

Sure.

Is so, do you?

Sometimes. We have an intercom with two music inputs, so rear
seat and front seat can listen to different music. If the intercom
is set to 'all' music will cut out for every radio reception
(and I want it that way), so if we're flying in a high-radio-traffic
area I usually don't bother. On routes and times where we can fly
for hours and without hearing another soul on freq (except for me,
asking ATC for occasional radio checks to make sure I've not lost
them) it's great. We have a little MP3 player which can hold
something like 8-9 hrs of music, so I don't have to fiddle with
changing CDs or the like.

What else do you do during long flights once auto-pilot is engaged?
Do you just take time to watch the landscapes?

Landscapes, don't forget scanning for other traffic. That's the
part that's hard to keep up when the sky is 99.9% empty of other
traffic at your altitude.

Cheers,
Sydney

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Speaking along these lines, do any of you folks download music off the
internet? I've not tried it, but I'd like to burn a couple of new
flying CDs, and downloading sounds a lot easier than shopping in a music
store.

Of course it is the "file swappers", not the "downloaders" that are
encountering legal problems. :-)

In what kind of music are you interested? Check-out the following
binary newsgroups:

alt.binaries.sounds."big list of NGs with music"

Also give a listen to www.live365.com for online pseudo-radio staions
that can be captured with a simple audio-capture program. There is
something there for almost any taste in music. I have created several
CDs from their music...and it's free and legal!

Bob Moore

In article , Nomen Nescio
] wrote:

1940's vintage Jazz & Big Band for day cruising.
Pink Floyd for night flights.
Joe Satriani for those low level, chase the squirrels, type of flights.

I prefer Wagner's "Ride of the Valkeries" when I do my low-level stuff.

Jay,

I use iTunes all the time. By default they deliver in an Apple (iPod)
compatible format. Don't know if they can modify to mp3. At first I though
$.99/song would be expensive, but then I realized I no longer buy "CDs",
just the songs I want. A great side benefit is that my 15 year old daughter
and I have found a great meeting place, comparing her music and mine. I
never believed I would come to like rap, but she has won me over on more
than a few songs. OTOH, I still can't get her to listen to John Coltrane...

Regarding burning CD's - you may migrate away from that as well. It is much
simpler to simply carry your MP3 player or iPod with you into the plane and
plug it in. If you don't have a plug for it a $25 dollar device from Radio
Shack will allow it to play through your FM radio, assuming your plane has
one.

There are plenty of free sites, some of which are actually legal, if the
band allows free distribution. Grateful Dead are probably the most well
known in this arena. Many of the free sites are, in addition to being
illegal (Kazaa and it's clones) loaded with software that generates spyware.
Active use requires some sophistication to avoid becoming a spam magnet.

All in all, iTunes is a great deal. Large music library, well written
interface (as expected from Apple) and no concerns about breaking the law.

Michael

Tom|420 ) wrote:

Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?

The audio panel's supplemental section of my C172SP's POH states that the
audio input must be turned off before beginning an approach (or some such
words).

Is so, do you?

During cruise flight on longer XC trips, I bring along an MP3 Jukebox,
which plugs into the Aux input of the audio panel, and listen to either
Jazz or easy listening music. It takes very little brain cycles to listen
to the music so it is not at all distracting to flying or communicating.

One time I tried listening to stand-up comedy on the player, but that was
very distracting and I quickly stopped.

--
Peter












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I do the looking at landscape thing.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



Tom|420 wrote in message .. .
Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?
Is so, do you?

What else do you do during long flights once auto-pilot is engaged? Do
you just take time to watch the landscapes?

Tom|420 wrote in message .. .
Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?
Is so, do you?

My wife does, but she's not flying the plane. Occasionally I'll
listen to a station on the ADF, but that's it for me.

What else do you do during long flights once auto-pilot is engaged? Do
you just take time to watch the landscapes?

Personally I love looking out the window. I used to love it when I
just flew commercial. Now that I have my pilot's license, I've got
bigger windows to look out of! I compare the sectional to the real
world, match up traffic with radio calls, study the ground, and
basically have fun looking out the window. My own view is over half
the fun of flying is seeing things from above.

-Malcolm Teas

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:na9Rb.157088$na.265158@attbi_s04...
Is it allowed to listen to music while at the commands of an aircraft?
Is so, do you?

Yes. We have the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in the panel of our '74 Piper
Pathfinder. It makes long flights very much nicer. (The kids can plug
their Walkman into the back, and listen to their own stuff, while Mary and
I
crank out some Pink Floyd or Stevie Ray Vaughn!

Speaking along these lines, do any of you folks download music off the
internet? I've not tried it, but I'd like to burn a couple of new flying
CDs, and downloading sounds a lot easier than shopping in a music store.

Any recommended sites? Are they still free, or do they charge now?


Other than the risks of getting whacked by the music industry?

WinMX (www.winmx.com) is free, but Apple I understand is working on a system
of about 50 cents or a buck per download. Stay away from Kazaa and most the
others which are spyware and security risks.

If you already have a bunch of CD's, you might get a "ripper" program such
as AudioGrabber (http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/) which let's you pull
songs off your CD's and turn them into MP3's. From there, burn your own CD's
and make each CD "Jay's Favorites". A CD will typically hold about 20-22
songs per disk in regular music format (decompressed).

If your CD player is capable, you can also burn about 200 or more MP3's onto
one CD. Even better is a CD that will play MP3's off a CD/RW. Then you can
change what's on the disk at will.

I don't think any Audio Panels will play MP3s or CD/RW's, but several
"Walkman" type CD players do and you can use the AUX input on the AP to do
it.