Dead DG

Denny,
You're fighting a losing battle my friend. I was also taught the
critical basic instruments as you've pointed out, however a great many
of today's pilots place tremendous faith in their electronics. Dead
reckoning seems to be a lot art, which may be a good thing considering
the airspace we live in today.

I'm with you on the criticality of the compass, and I also seem
to remember that it used to be part of the minimum equipment list but
the DG wasn't. That used to be a question asked on the CFII oral years
ago.

But times have changed so we have to understand the new
environments.

-----Original Message-----
From: Denny ]
Posted At: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:34 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.owning
Conversation: Dead DG
Subject: Dead DG

Well, let me take you into IMC and fail everything but your altimeter,
speedo, T&B and compass and I'll have you kissing that compass when
you
are back down...
A DG is nice but it's nothing that will kill you if it goes bad in
hard
IMC...




denny

You're fighting a losing battle my friend.
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Yah, I'm a bit slow but I'm catching on....

denny

On 22 Feb 2006 07:55:53 -0800, "Denny" wrote:

You're fighting a losing battle my friend.
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Yah, I'm a bit slow but I'm catching on....

The problem is that relying on all that new stuff can get you killed
as can relying on any specific piece of technology, old or new.
Over-the-years I've had just about any thing on the panel that can
fail, do do. The only thing I've not had to have fixed has been the
old compass and oil pressure gage. Mine happens to be a vertical card
compass.

I use GPS, but I maintain those "old" reliable skills.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

denny