steingar
Taxi to Parking
If folks really want this thread to die all they have to do is stop posting. This fellow is doing little more than responding to those who address him.
With his attitude about the rules, he has a high probability of just flying IFR without the bother of an Instrument Rating anyway. It's just an old-fashioned test after all, some dumb rules that are just not relevant to the Everyone Gets a Trophy Generation.
No, sorry, I hate doing this because it pains me to repeatedly have to beat down illogical statements like this and possibly damage your self worth that you have fought hard to build up over time.
But sorry, in IFR there is none of that plot a paper course based on some initial conditions and absurd assumptions about future wind conditions and hope like hell the actual winds are the same as when you plotted the course on paper, and oh let's look outside the window occasionally and see if we recognize a landmark.
Okay, I concede, I made a mistake during my oral. Yes. Have you ever made a mistake, oh perfect one?
But there's an even greater paper chase of having your Low Enroute charts, navigating by VORs, having your TPPs ready, and calculating your fuel reserves based on future conditions like winds, and ceilings at not only your primary, but also your alternate airport. You cannot do an entire IR checkride, for example, by GPS. You have to use at least one radio-based navaid at some point!
My "self-worth" has been earned. Yours was given to you as part of the Everyone Gets a Trophy Generation. Mine is not fragile and it's highly unlikely that you could do anything to damage same.
Low Enroute Charts on on my iPad, and no problem having VORs as a backup but we all know they will be extinct in ten years time. Need them right now though, I get that.
However your iPad is neither legal nor wise to use for IFR navigation. GPS fails on a not too infrequent basis.
Is that true though? iPads are being accepted substitutes for paper from what I've heard. Like I said before, I have a backup there too.
The fact that the NextGen plan is going to rely so heavily on GPS would seem to indicate that at least some people in the know who are architecting how navigation works in the future are not too overly concerned with GPS failing frequently.
Is that true though? iPads are being accepted substitutes for paper from what I've heard. Like I said before, I have a backup there too.
The fact that the NextGen plan is going to rely so heavily on GPS would seem to indicate that at least some people in the know who are architecting how navigation works in the future are not too overly concerned with GPS failing frequently.
Please don't stop. This thread is better than the comedy channel.If folks really want this thread to die all they have to do is stop posting. This fellow is doing little more than responding to those who address him.
Do they have six strip epaulets?I'm thinking that wearing a pair of epaulets on the check-ride would help.
Pete, I figured it out.
You are way ahead of your time as you said.
All the pilots on this forum who use paper and the DPE's are behind you.
I think the solution is to wait until that 5-10 years passes and then go get your pilot license.
Right now you pilot 2.0 and are way to advanced to be in the 1.0 version of the airspace we have in place and you are obviously not backwards compatible.
Yep, GPS is 100% reliable...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-5...-gps-jammer-accidentally-jams-newark-airport/
Well it would be quite easy to jam VOR transmitters too. Even easier in fact.
But FF and WingX both use scanned paper charts on the displays. So if the papercharts are imprecise, so is the software on the tablet. Only Jepp does not used scanned charts.When did I ever say details are not important? I am saying details ARE important, which is why I argued against that imprecise paper based nonsense.
Yep, GPS is 100% reliable...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-5...-gps-jammer-accidentally-jams-newark-airport/
Well it would be quite easy to jam VOR transmitters too. Even easier in fact.
Don't confuse the poor guy with reality, Henning.Not at all. VOR signals are pretty high power, especially when you compare to GPS. However since you consider both easy to jam or spoof, that should indicate to you that it's even more important to monitor your DST and/or visual pilotage position to cross check your electronic position. Loss of situational awareness is what leads to CFIT accidents.
Well it would be quite easy to jam VOR transmitters too. Even easier in fact.
Thank you! Yes, that is a perfect summary of the situation. But like all true visionaries, I need to contend with resistance and apathy in the ranks of those who paradoxically are entrusted with providing us with our certification.
Thank you! Yes, that is a perfect summary of the situation. But like all true visionaries, I need to contend with resistance and apathy in the ranks of those who paradoxically are entrusted with providing us with our certification.
294 to go.
Look, if you have the money you say you do, you need no certification, just buy a plane and fly it. There are many who do just this, the chances of getting caught doing it are extremely slim, and the penalty for getting caught is negligible.
I have never heard people who have actual money throw around the 'you'll hear from my lawyer' threat.
I have never heard people who have actual money throw around the 'you'll hear from my lawyer' threat.
... some initial conditions and absurd assumptions about future wind conditions and hope like hell the actual winds are the same as when you plotted the course on paper, and oh let's look outside the window occasionally and see if we recognize a landmark.
He might not have the money he says he does.
Remember post 606: he uses "hyperbole for dramatic affect."
If you recall he didn't start the thread with a lot of money
post 21
Sorry, yes, should have introduced myself. I've been on and off taking flying lessons for a couple of years. Honestly, with job and family, I don't have a lot of time and have to time it out from an expense point of view.
Post 73
I made a mistake or two but I was taken to the cleaners because I'm honest.
So "taken to the cleaners" for less than the price of his bottle of wine?
Wasn't until 377 that he landed on a pile of cash by not being a pilot because:
"only someone that wants to be poor for a living would choose that route."
Post 377
well, kids, I'm enjoying a $500 bottle of wine and it is going down well.
There's this one too:
Post 560
His actions are going to prevent me from getting a qualification which will in turn prevent me from using it for financial gain at some point in the future.
If pilots are poor and make no money why would he want to become a pilot "for financial gain"?
Not at all. VOR signals are pretty high power, especially when you compare to GPS. However since you consider both easy to jam or spoof, that should indicate to you that it's even more important to monitor your DST and/or visual pilotage position to cross check your electronic position. Loss of situational awareness is what leads to CFIT accidents.
You would be correct. This was a test.
What, you think I'm an EE or something?
You would be correct. This was a test.
What, you think I'm an EE or something?
Can you cite any technical data as to why it's easier to jam a VHF transmitter, broadcasting at 1,500W from 100nm away, than a GHz transmitter, putting out 26W, 11,000 miles away?
Or are the laws of physics old fashioned and no longer relevant.