Well, my first "calculator" was a slide rule.So I have a bit of a higher
comfort level with low tech than you kids. I grew up before the "instant
gratification" generation came along.

No one is arguing that you can't fly without a 496 and live weather. Far
from it -- I fly the Ercoupe more than the Pathfinder nowadays, and I tell
the weather in that plane by hanging my arm out the canopy and feeling the
air...

;-)

However, "Bertie" purports to be some sort of "master pilot" here, when, in
fact, he's obviously never flown with on-board weather. Or, worse, he
*has* flown with on-board weather, and still doesn't see the utility of it
versus calling Flight Service?

Either scenario is absurd, and no experienced pilot in the year 2008 would
make such statements.

And I'd still wager that "Bertie" knows his way around an airplane.

So does MX, but that doesn't prove much.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
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