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Beeping Thing
I can't figure out what this beeping thing was that I encountered the other
day while flying a 172 from our club. I'm a fresh private and I took my parents to Mansfield airport for Sunday morning breakfast. When we left on runway 14 This beeping thing came on. I think it's a DME. I've seen one in use before, but I couldn't figure it out and it scared my mother half to death, (She thought it was a sound that meant the engine was about to die). How do I turn it off? This plane is equipped with the standard NAV/COM, it has an ADF and Garmin GPS with moving map. I tried Flipping all kinds of switches to turn it off and I couldn't figure it out. I knew it was a marker of sorts, so I knew it would go away, I just hoped it would go away fast to ease everyone anxiety. Any tips on how to turn it off? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Slick, You should be able to find your specifics in the POH for the airplane. If it's the marker beacon that you're hearing, depending on the audio panel in the airplane, there is probably a mute button for it, or you could "deselect" the MKR button. - Steve "Slick" wrote in message ... I can't figure out what this beeping thing was that I encountered the other day while flying a 172 from our club. I'm a fresh private and I took my parents to Mansfield airport for Sunday morning breakfast. When we left on runway 14 This beeping thing came on. I think it's a DME. I've seen one in use before, but I couldn't figure it out and it scared my mother half to death, (She thought it was a sound that meant the engine was about to die). How do I turn it off? This plane is equipped with the standard NAV/COM, it has an ADF and Garmin GPS with moving map. I tried Flipping all kinds of switches to turn it off and I couldn't figure it out. I knew it was a marker of sorts, so I knew it would go away, I just hoped it would go away fast to ease everyone anxiety. Any tips on how to turn it off? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Marker beacon, used for instrument approaches. Usually at the top of the
radio stack, may be incorporated into the audio panel. Look for blue, orange and white lights. Should be a volume knob/power switch to turn it down/off if it is a seperate unit. If it's a part of the audio panel, you will have to find the appropriate switch (do it while on the ground, before you start up) to turn the audio off. Either way, it's nothing to worry about. BTW, are you talking about MFD? "Slick" wrote in message ... I can't figure out what this beeping thing was that I encountered the other day while flying a 172 from our club. I'm a fresh private and I took my parents to Mansfield airport for Sunday morning breakfast. When we left on runway 14 This beeping thing came on. I think it's a DME. I've seen one in use before, but I couldn't figure it out and it scared my mother half to death, (She thought it was a sound that meant the engine was about to die). How do I turn it off? This plane is equipped with the standard NAV/COM, it has an ADF and Garmin GPS with moving map. I tried Flipping all kinds of switches to turn it off and I couldn't figure it out. I knew it was a marker of sorts, so I knew it would go away, I just hoped it would go away fast to ease everyone anxiety. Any tips on how to turn it off? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Does your field have an ILS approach for instrument landings? If so its
probably the marker beacons. They can sound like a really nasty alarm going off when you fly over them. Either you have "marker" turned on on your audio panel or you are flying a typically rental 172 and the radios don't do exactely as they are told. We have a Cherokee I teach in that requires you to dial 1 MHz more than the freq (KX-170B). So for 118.32 you have to dial 119.32. I'd never allow such things in my Mooney but you have to break even in the renal market. -Robert, CFI |
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If (s)he's refering to K1B9, Mansfield, Mass., then it does not have an
ILS. Don't know when the beeping was heard, but there are other airports in the area that do have ILS approaches. - Steve "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Does your field have an ILS approach for instrument landings? If so its probably the marker beacons. They can sound like a really nasty alarm |
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I see that the Mansfield airport in Ohio (KMFD) does have an ILS 32 approach. - Steve "Stephen McNaught" wrote in message ... If (s)he's refering to K1B9, Mansfield, Mass., then it does not have an ILS. Don't know when the beeping was heard, but there are other airports in the area that do have ILS approaches. - Steve "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Does your field have an ILS approach for instrument landings? If so its probably the marker beacons. They can sound like a really nasty alarm |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
but you have to break even in the renal market. -Robert, CFI If I'm going sell my kidneys I'd better do a whole lot better than just break even. a. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Robert M. Gary wrote: but you have to break even in the renal market. -Robert, CFI If I'm going sell my kidneys I'd better do a whole lot better than just break even. a. HHAAaaa HHaaaaaa! |
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Slick wrote: I can't figure out what this beeping thing was that I encountered the other day while flying a 172 from our club. I'm a fresh private and I took my parents to Mansfield airport for Sunday morning breakfast. When we left on runway 14 This beeping thing came on. I think it's a DME. I've seen one in use before, but I couldn't figure it out and it scared my mother half to death, (She thought it was a sound that meant the engine was about to die). How do I turn it off? This plane is equipped with the standard NAV/COM, it has an ADF and Garmin GPS with moving map. I tried Flipping all kinds of switches to turn it off and I couldn't figure it out. I knew it was a marker of sorts, so I knew it would go away, I just hoped it would go away fast to ease everyone anxiety. Any tips on how to turn it off? I would have thought that during your 40-50 hours of pilot training a good instructor would have shot a few approaches during duel lessons and you would have been aware of a outer marker passage. Ben Haas N801BH ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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In a previous article, " said:
I would have thought that during your 40-50 hours of pilot training a good instructor would have shot a few approaches during duel lessons and you would have been aware of a outer marker passage. My instructor never taught me how to duel. That's why both of us are still alive. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Alt.sysadmin.recovery: You will not soon find a more wretched hive of ranting and pedantry. We aim to please, so duck. -- ADB |
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