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Yeah, but that's becase they don't have FOOBAR in their computer so
they want to know what direction you'll be going so they can apply radar separation. That's unrelated to what equipment you're navigating with. Its related to the discussion of not requiring ATC to assign you a vector in order to go direct. -Robert |
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Simply said, ifr use of vfr gps is not in the spirit of the far's.
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William L.Snow, PE wrote: Simply said, ifr use of vfr gps is not in the spirit of the far's. So that is why I asked the original question. Does IFR use of a drugstore-bought calculator or a wris****ch or a sextant fall under the same category? If not why is it different? Do you use IFR pencils to copy your clearance on IFR paper? I'm getting silly, but in all seriousness, where do you draw the line? Peter |
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"Newps" wrote in message . .. Does the FAA have a set of regs written for a sextant? They do for the GPS. Where can that set of regs be found? |
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Newps wrote:
wrote: William L.Snow, PE wrote: Does the FAA have a set of regs written for a sextant? They do for the GPS. But do they have regs regarding handheld GPS units? There may be TSOs and other stuff for panel mounts, but that has nothing to do with handhelds. Just because both have the term "GPS" in the name doesn't connect them in a regulatory sense. You might as well call your handheld an "automatic sextant". Then is it okay to use while IFR? I bet there are no regs for those. |
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Nah, a real pilot would cross correlate the waypoint off of two VOR's,
then use the DG (that precesses mightily), set from the compass (that swings a lot in the turbulence) to navigate to the said waypoint, so when he gets back to the base he can give the neophytes next to the water cooler a blow by blow account of the whole heroic deed...... |
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"Doug" wrote in message oups.com... Nah, a real pilot would cross correlate the waypoint off of two VOR's, then use the DG (that precesses mightily), set from the compass (that swings a lot in the turbulence) to navigate to the said waypoint, so when he gets back to the base he can give the neophytes next to the water cooler a blow by blow account of the whole heroic deed...... Doug, you sound like one of the few on this group who actually know how to fly. |
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