"B25flyer" wrote in message
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Over a period of time aviation seems to make changes due to technical
advances.
As such in the past certain "basics" of aviation that were once written in
stone have gone by the wayside.

So here is one for ya. Last week I started a student on the ground school
basics of cross country planing. Draw the line on the sectional from
airport to
airport. Discuss all the wind, magnetic and other variables etc. After
about 20
minutes into the discussion the students 13 year old daughter who was
intently
watching asked the question. "Why do all that when I can do the same thing
in
30 seconds on the handheld GPS and enroute it will take care of the wind
correction"

Got me to thinking. So question is, what is the opinion of the troops as
to
when the system will change and as part of the written/PTS for any rating
there
will no longer be the requirment to draw the line and figure out all the
other
stuff for the X-C portion of the test. Just put in airports/waypoints and
go
for it.

Five years? Ten years? Or will it stick around forever?

Walt
Forty+ years as a CFI and still drawing lines on sectionals.

Interesting question...
I'm a pretty new PP-ASEL, and somewhat of a technology junkie.
I'm in the process of purchasing my 1st airplane.
I pick it up in about 2 weeks.
It's in TX, and I'm in NV...about 1200nm.
The plane comes with a GPS, so I'll use it.
I've also planned the trip to intersect every VOR (or a radial) along the
way.
I've also drawn the line across four different sectional charts.
My thinking is that if something goes wrong with the GPS, I can use the
VORs.
And I ALWAYS like to look outside and say, "Yup, there's that dry lake bed,
just like on the chart".
I actually drew the lines on the chart first, then got the waypoints to put
into the GPS...

Another poster mentioned that a GPS can go tango uniform, which is true...
If I was stuck in a plane without a chart, I'd want TWO completely redundant
GPS units...

Adam