Brings to mind a guy in My Pilot Training class who landed a T38 on the
extended speed brake ( a no no according to the landing checklist ) because
the fuel low level light was blinking and the gear warning horn squealing.
Too much visual and too much sound to read the checklist. All this crap
should never take the place of a checklist.

Richard

"Bill Daniels" wrote in message
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I can't figure which thread to put this suggestion into, so here's a new
one.

Filling a cockpit with raucous warning noises is very likely to be
confusing
in a stressful situation - fortunately, there is another way. Instead of
an
electronic noisemaker, use small .wav files burned into EPROM's of soft
human voices stating the problem in plain words. I've always liked the
military idea of a soft female voice saying "Bingo fuel" as a low fuel
warning.

It should be possible for one of our resident gadgeteers to build a small
box with a speaker, memory and an array of connections for hooking up the
various warning system switches. A USB port allowing the device to be
connected to a computer running the appropriate software would allow the
user to upload any warning audio files desired.

Of course, I expect the r.a.s comedians to have a field day with this, so
go
ahead, it's entertaining.

Bill Daniels