Another Cirrus Down

Jose,

One flies along over nondescript terrain, expecting waypoints to show up
but they don't because of wind drift. One does this for long enough and
one is lost.


In a Cirrus? Real hard, IMHO.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:20:19 -0800, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Jose,

One flies along over nondescript terrain, expecting waypoints to show up
but they don't because of wind drift. One does this for long enough and
one is lost.


In a Cirrus? Real hard, IMHO.

Maybe with a complete electrical failure while in the fog? Otherwise I
could fly from Michigan to Florida without ever looking past the MFD
as I watched the way points go by.

Now days, in the modern planes you'd have to try to get lost or have a
major equipment malfunction after not paying attention. OTOH I'm sure
there are those who can do it ... easily.

Then again I'm flying a 46 year old airplane with about 20 year old
navs. It was an almost modern panel when I purchased the plane, but
then again I was a lot younger and wasn't showing the mileage as much
either.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com