"Roger" wrote in message
news | On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:07:38 GMT, Judah
wrote:
|
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote in news:1_9Kg.6638
| $SZ3.4096@dukeread04:
|
| You're missing the point, the G1000 displays some much
| information in picture form, the pilot WILL almost
certainly
| come to rely on the system to work and stop doing that
| "basic IFR" thinking. Sort of like pilots forget to
check
| the runway heading. With steam gauges, the pilot is
forced
| to THINK about the navigation situation, with the G1000
| thinking is done by the machine.
|
|
| The same could pretty much be said for a plane with Steam
Guages and any
| modern full screen GPS...
|
| Yup and there are a *lot* of pilots who end up depending
on the GPS
| without realizing it. The same is true for a good
autopilot in IFR
| versus hand flying. If you spend a lot of time in the
soup you spend
| a lot of time on autopilot. Enough time that if it fails
it can be a
| shock. Still, the competent pilot practices hand flying
in IFR,
| flying by map, watch and compass, and flying the back up
instruments.
|
| I wonder what the percentages are of dependent pilots
versus those who
| stay competent on the backups?
|
| Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
| (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
| www.rogerhalstead.com