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Old March 31st 08, 03:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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"Maxwell" luv^2^fly^99@^cox.^net wrote in news:faYHj.45315$f8.11862
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Dan wrote in news:1777fa59-5a2d-4171-af7f-
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On Mar 30, 9:51 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:


XM weather gives you a weather picture that is absolutely
unparalleled in GA aircraft.

Yes, but...

You -- as a pilot -- should have that "picture" in your mind, and be
able to predict the changes, rates of changes, and the impact of

those
changes on your flight.

XM will help you adjust that picture, and should help you acquire

that
skill more rapidly IF you take the approach that YOU have to know,

and
not rely on the XM.

The XM -- as GPS -- should simply confirm what you already know.

Curmudgeon lament follows:

I guess it's here -- a whole generation of pilots following magenta
lines who will now be looking to fly through green and avoid the

red
and yellow.

We should call them Crayola-viators.



I fly with lots of them nowadays. i have a differnt name for them.


We have a name for lamers like guys too - dinosaurs.




So, you admit to being one of the lusers who cant fly without electronic
crutches?

good for you. Relaising this is the first step towards realising you'll
soon be a statistic.

BTW, When I was a young pilot, I didn't see any of the previous
generation as dinosaurs.


Bertie