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Yeah, but in a lost comm situation, you'd either have to map read your way
to the destination or aim off to intercept your original airways course or quickly plot a new airways course. Lost comm in IMC, just use the handheld. Is your concern a double failure (handheld and comm)? -Robert |
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So I said "we can wing it" and his response was, "well I better give you a vector" and then I
went and "augmented" his vector with my handheld. Often times ATC will ask you for a vector (what is your direct heading for FOOBAR?) -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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In a previous article, "Robert M. Gary" said:
Yeah, but in a lost comm situation, you'd either have to map read your way to the destination or aim off to intercept your original airways course or quickly plot a new airways course. Lost comm in IMC, just use the handheld. Is your concern a double failure (handheld and comm)? It's already been said that you can only go direct when ATC can monitor you on radar, so how can you go direct in a lost comm situation? If you're lost comm, how can they vector you around traffic or warn you if you're off track? -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ "He passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed." "I thought he was hanged?" "That's what I said, isn't it?" |
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Robert M. Gary wrote: Often times ATC will ask you for a vector (what is your direct heading for FOOBAR?) -Robert 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. |
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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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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... It's already been said that you can only go direct when ATC can monitor you on radar, so how can you go direct in a lost comm situation? If you're lost comm, how can they vector you around traffic or warn you if you're off track? Then nobody should ever go direct or be vectored. |
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"William L.Snow, PE" wrote in message . .. Simply said, ifr use of vfr gps is not in the spirit of the far's. Which FARs? |
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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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