Any of you sniff the new sectionals?

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Although I am a computer programmer by trade and had a GPS since back when its antenna was a machined aluminum disk the size of a lunch plate, I find it very enjoyable to plot my courses and VOR radial lines to checkpoints on a sectional, and then fly with that map (although I have stuff it under my thigh when I fly). Looking at the 696's screen is boring, albeit convenient. When I started the primary training, I thought that I'd buy a pad and EFB software, but now I don't want to anymore.
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No. I'm in a corner of a sectional so I hate them, because if I go east, northeast, or north, I need to dig out another sectional in less than 1/2 hour of flight time. IFR charts are even worse.
 
Yeah, I'm right between sectionals too. I keep them around, and still use them for longish flights, but I love the GPS.
 
My plane doesn't have a GPS so I fly with the map open in my lap and my finger pointed at my last known position. :hairraise:
 
steingar said:
Yeah, I'm right between sectionals too. I keep them around, and still use them for longish flights, but I love the GPS.
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Yeah, need St Louis to go west and Cincinnati to go east, but home-drome is on both
 
And they really don't smell too bad any other time of day either! Was looking at the KC sectional last night to see where we are going on the Gaston's Poker Run this year and it's all on one sectional this time! :)
 
And here I thought I was the only one that enjoyed the smell of newly printed sectionals! :D Although if you see me looking a bit scraggly and whispering "my precious" you might want to think twice about asking to borrow it.

If I fly VFR in anything from no GPS all the way through a G1000, I still carry a sectional and have it out. It's more than engaging you in situational awareness, it's my escape from boredom! Flying by yourself on long trips can get rather mundane. I tell my students to think of it as a game of where's waldo with checkpoints. I'm easily entertained with things like that though.
 
It's the only way to fly!
Although I don't have the hours that most of you have, all of my
300 or so have been with a sectional. I've never looked at a gps.
So far I've flown to airports in eight states.
...and I've never gotten lost.....yet. :)
 
Most FBO's have complimentary copies of WSJ and USA Today.
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And here I thought I was the only one that enjoyed the smell of newly printed sectionals! :D Although if you see me looking a bit scraggly and whispering "my precious" you might want to think twice about asking to borrow it.

If I fly VFR in anything from no GPS all the way through a G1000, I still carry a sectional and have it out. It's more than engaging you in situational awareness, it's my escape from boredom! Flying by yourself on long trips can get rather mundane. I tell my students to think of it as a game of where's waldo with checkpoints. I'm easily entertained with things like that though.
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steingar said:
Yeah, I'm right between sectionals too. I keep them around, and still use them for longish flights, but I love the GPS.
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That makes it harder to get lost. If you're somewhere on the East sectional, home is to the west. If you're somewhere on the West sectional, home is to the east.


A paper map is like a book. A GPS is more like an audio recording of a book. There's a difference. Part of the reason people have their noses in books is for the smell of the pages while enjoying the text. I have yet to hear anyone having their nose in the speaker cones.

It's part of the human/real world tactile feedback thing that goes beyond technical definitions. Some people are aware of the differences, others aren't or don't care to be. I mean if the gps data I/O display tv screen is infinitely superior to a paper sectional, why not get a ratchet strap instead of a hug..technically it's pretty much the same thing and technically far superior and more reliable design right? Right? Sure it is.
 
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fgcason said:
why not get a ratchet strap instead of a hug..technically it's pretty much the same thing and technically far superior and more reliable design right? Right? Sure it is.
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Cuz a hug is an emotional thing. To me a map is a way to get home, just a thing with out emotion attached to it.

For emotional flying I turn off the GPS, slow down and open the windows and even paper charts get stowed and I just fly.
 
fgcason said:
A paper map is like a book. A GPS is more like an audio recording of a book. There's a difference. Part of the reason people have their noses in books is for the smell of the pages while enjoying the text. I have yet to hear anyone having their nose in the speaker cones.
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I had a friend (RIP, Bob) who was blind and worked in radio and audio engineering his (sadly cut too short) whole life.

I swore he could taste sounds.

For some of us, good audio is a visceral experience.

And for those who can "see" the code in operation that must be written to derive a graphical GPS image, a well-written GPS user interface is "elegant" too.

To each their own on this kinda stuff.

But I think the more you know about the process of creating any of these things (printing multiple-color charts and creating them, making them readable in dense information areas, etc... isn't easy), the more you appreciate them all.

We've come a long way from when Capt. Jepp was flying the mail...
 
new sectionals tore at the fold after 2 flights this cycle - new paper of some kind - not so durable ... :(

They shore are purty, tho! :D
 
One way to get the smell out of it is to let it air out a little bit ...

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:D
 
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