Hello? Any oldtimers around?

Is Mx the only oldtimer around? I'm very glad to see he's still here,
by the way, just wondering if everybody left in the midst of the
spammer a few years ago.

Happy Flying!

Ricky
CFII, Multi, Balloon
Soon, I hope; ATP, Ultralight, Glider, Gas Balloons

On 7/23/2012 1:43 PM, Ricky wrote:
Is Mx the only oldtimer around? I'm very glad to see he's still here,
by the way, just wondering if everybody left in the midst of the
spammer a few years ago.

Happy Flying!

Ricky
CFII, Multi, Balloon
Soon, I hope; ATP, Ultralight, Glider, Gas Balloons


Some of us never left, but prefer to hide behind our troll filters.

There's really not much going on here any more,and that applies to most
of the Usenet not just this group. The last few years have been a
perfect storm for the Usenet.

I hope you get that glider ticket!

Vaughn (CFIG)

Vaughn writes:

On 7/23/2012 1:43 PM, Ricky wrote:
Is Mx the only oldtimer around? I'm very glad to see he's still here,
by the way, just wondering if everybody left in the midst of the
spammer a few years ago.

Happy Flying!

Ricky
CFII, Multi, Balloon
Soon, I hope; ATP, Ultralight, Glider, Gas Balloons


Some of us never left, but prefer to hide behind our troll filters.

There's really not much going on here any more,and that applies to
most of the Usenet not just this group. The last few years have been
a perfect storm for the Usenet.

++1

Apart from the experimental world there's little new in GA
generally. The occasional new LSA model is released and non-certified
avionics gizmos update with frequency. For instance, Dynon now has a
complete ADS-B In/Out package (transponder and UAT receiver) for less
than $3000 (plus I'm sure one of their displays)...best price around at
the moment I think. Some portable gizmos that work with iPads. If GA is
to have a future it surely must be with LSA and Experimental-Amateur
Built aircraft. I wish the FAA would designate another type: pro-built
kitplanes.
--
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that
mine are greater.
Einstein

On 7/24/2012 3:49 PM, Bug Dout wrote:
and non-certified
avionics gizmos update with frequency. For instance, Dynon now has a
complete ADS-B In/Out package (transponder and UAT receiver) for less
than $3000 (plus I'm sure one of their displays)..
My flight bag literally bulges with non-certified gizmos. I still carry
my trusty aviation GPS, but when I find the right GPS app for my pad it
will float to the dusty bottom of the bag along with the old gum
wrappers and FBO receipts.

My Zaon PCAS helps make up for my aging (but still certified) eyes. It
has severe limitations, but it beats nothing. If nothing else, it keeps
reminding me to look out the front window.

In-flight weather was just for the big boys a few years ago, but now
it's filtering down to the rest of us. My pad gives me weather up until
the moment I launch, and sporadically updates it in flight via 3G. I'm
interested in that $900.00 gizmo that gives reliable inflight weather on
the Ipad, but I suspect these things will cost much less in a year or
two, and you won't need to buy a Foreflight subscription to use them.
Here in south Florida, summer cross-country flying is all about dodging
thunderstorms. I would rather have in-flight weather than a parachute.

I recently bought the new $199.00 Google Nexus7 8" pad. It is a
candidate to replace the Ipad that I have been flying with. So far, I
have confirmed that (unlike my Ipad) it has an excellent GPS built in.
I get superb weather images on it with a $10.00 Android Foreflight
app. (no subscription charge). Now I'm just looking for a decent GPS
app, and I will have a cheap yoke-mountable one-box solution.

Vaughn

Vaughn writes:

My flight bag literally bulges with non-certified gizmos. I still carry
my trusty aviation GPS, but when I find the right GPS app for my pad it
will float to the dusty bottom of the bag along with the old gum
wrappers and FBO receipts.

You are not worried about dependence on uncertified software and hardware?

In-flight weather was just for the big boys a few years ago, but now
it's filtering down to the rest of us. My pad gives me weather up until
the moment I launch, and sporadically updates it in flight via 3G.

Is this the same XM weather that so concerns the NTSB because of its potential
lack of timeliness?

I get superb weather images on it with a $10.00 Android Foreflight
app. (no subscription charge). Now I'm just looking for a decent GPS
app, and I will have a cheap yoke-mountable one-box solution.

Will you be making safety-of-life decisions based on these gadgets?

Hi,
In article ,
wrote:
Vaughn writes:

My flight bag literally bulges with non-certified gizmos. I still carry
my trusty aviation GPS, but when I find the right GPS app for my pad it
will float to the dusty bottom of the bag along with the old gum
wrappers and FBO receipts.

You are not worried about dependence on uncertified software and hardware?

Dependence? Assuming VFR flight, then all these 'uncertified' gizmos are
just backup for traditional Nav.

Andy

Hi,
In article ,
wrote:
My flight bag literally bulges with non-certified gizmos. I still carry
my trusty aviation GPS, but when I find the right GPS app for my pad it
will float to the dusty bottom of the bag along with the old gum
wrappers and FBO receipts.

Have you tried SkyDemon? (http://www.skydemon.aero). I use it in the UK, not
sure what its chart availability it like for your area of the world. It's
excellent.

Andy

On 2012-07-24, Vaughn wrote:
I recently bought the new $199.00 Google Nexus7 8" pad. It is a
candidate to replace the Ipad that I have been flying with. So far, I
have confirmed that (unlike my Ipad) it has an excellent GPS built in.

The iPad 3 seems to have an excellent GPS. At least SkyDemon works from
an aisle seat on a Boeing 777 on an iPad 3.

Tablets in general will be the death knell for Garmin and their ilk
unless the dedicated aviation GPS makers really up their game. A tablet
with SkyDemon is so much better than anything I've used in dedicated
handheld GPS form, it's less expensive even with the subscription, and
it can also be used for other things too.

On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:12:16 +0000, Dylan Smith wrote in
:

Tablets in general will be the death knell for Garmin and their ilk
unless the dedicated aviation GPS makers really up their game. A tablet
with SkyDemon is so much better than anything I've used in dedicated
handheld GPS form, it's less expensive even with the subscription, and
it can also be used for other things too.

The 406 MHz ELBs will, in many many models, use instrument GPS for their
statement of position rather than a separate ELB built-in unit. Is there
a (removable) tablet that is FAA-approved for such installations?

Vaughn writes:

I recently bought the new $199.00 Google Nexus7 8" pad. It is a
candidate to replace the Ipad that I have been flying with. So far, I
have confirmed that (unlike my Ipad) it has an excellent GPS built
in.

Sounds like your iPad is WiFi only, those models don't have a
GPS. Models with 3G/4G cell radios have GPS (apparently the GPS/cell
radio are on the same chipset and aren't manufactured separately)
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