On 4 May 2006 14:04:02 -0500, Robert Tenet wrote:

Would you fly?

Probably. I did most of my flying without a radio, but bought a
handheld after a twin with a student at the controls made a
straight-in approach to the home airport, which does all flight
training with NORDO Cubs. I figured that if there were imbecilic
instructors out there who'd let a student do that (and with the
instructor on board!), a radio was a wise tool.

The radio is pretty useless for transmissions, but it does tell me
what foolishness may be going on in the air around me ("Any traffic,
please advise"!) and the earphones are good for quelling engine noise.
So I keep it going whenever I'm flying. But I would fly without it,
just as I would fly without my GPS or even a full tank of gas, with
caution level raised accordingly.



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