First-hand video of a BRS deployment.

Heh, heh,

Want to guess how many plug in VOR locations as waypoints in their
GPS?

.....so they can switch to the VOR instantly if the GPS goes TU?

GPS will take you to a VOR very nicely...

Dave


On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:50:24 -0500, Roger
wrote:

On 10 Feb 2007 16:25:25 -0800, "Kev" wrote:

On Feb 10, 4:20 pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"Jim Carriere" wrote

Hmm! At first glance that conclusion seems counterintuitive, but I guess
you learn something new every day.

But leaving an event up to chance as the avoidance mechanism, is not
something that sits well with people. I have to feel that way, in that the
results of "winning" the odds are so dire.

Absolute agreement. To me, it's a good reason to be "heads up" when
flying over VORs, since they can really concentrate aircraft. Most
of us are spending more time on the gauges watching for the arrow to
change.

I see more aircraft close to VORs than any other place except in the
traffic pattern. When you are headed one way and opposing VFR traffic
is only 500 feet above or below if they are right on altitude they
look *CLOSE*. :-))

Still, maybe it's a non-issue, since we don't seem to hear of lots of
collisions around VORs. Seems like mid-airs are mostly around
airports. Anyone know the real stats of locations offhand?

I don't have any stats, but from what I remember in the news in recent
years "it seems" as if most mid airs are close to airport. OTOH there
are some outstanding exceptions such as the two jets last fall or
summer down in South America.

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

The only time I do is when the VOR is co-located on the field...but not
saying that I never COULD do that! GPS will take you nicely to an NDB, a
Taco Bell or any other waypoint that's programmed in

Scott


Dave wrote:

Heh, heh,

Want to guess how many plug in VOR locations as waypoints in their
GPS?

....so they can switch to the VOR instantly if the GPS goes TU?

GPS will take you to a VOR very nicely...

Dave

Dave writes:

Want to guess how many plug in VOR locations as waypoints in their
GPS?

....so they can switch to the VOR instantly if the GPS goes TU?

I'm not sure that it's so that they can switch instantly to the VOR. In fact,
I doubt that they even bother to tune the VOR.

GPS will take you to a VOR very nicely...

And at least as accurately as the real thing, which makes it at least as great
a risk for midair collisions. And it's easier to do a DIRECT-TO to a VOR than
to tune it and follow it with instruments, so now the pilots reaching VORs
with great accuracy may not be as bright as their predecessors.

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