Is it just me or does this look a little nuts?

Kestrel452

Kestrel452

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Yeah so one of my friends in Purdue flight posted a picture of himself flying. I have to ask, doesn't anyone think this is just a LITTLE too much glass for student pilots to have?

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Kestrel452 said:
Yeah so one of my friends in Purdue flight posted a picture of himself flying. I have to ask, doesn't anyone think this is just a LITTLE too much glass for student pilots to have?

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Dude if you train in a steam gauge /U aircraft you will be a better pilot than someone who is trained purely on glass. What are you currently working on?
 
CameronF said:
Dude if you train in a steam gauge /U aircraft you will be a better pilot than someone who is trained purely on glass. What are you currently working on?
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I'm doing my PPL in a /U 1978 Piper Warrior. She doesn't look like much but she's got it where it counts.
 
Kestrel452 said:
I'm doing my PPL in a /U 1978 Piper Warrior. She doesn't look like much but she's got it where it counts.
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That's perfect then. You'll know how to do calculations in your head or E6B and be looking outside the plane more then you would in a glass panel.
 
Well, this guy is one of the lucky few that got his PPL and IR done before the switch to Cirrus was made. But the new guys coming in are going to be using these planes from day 1.
 
It's just you...

you're the one who had been complaining about requiring GPS to do basic VFR navigation. Now that we've unlearned you, you're finding others who do what you did to pile on to.

Again, stop worrying so much about other people and concentrate on yourself for a while.:bandit:
 
Does anybody else think it's a little scary that somebody can get his instrument rating in a glass cockpit and then legally go fly a beat up 152 with a six pack and a VOR in the clouds?
 
cencal83406 said:
It's just you...

you're the one who had been complaining about requiring GPS to do basic VFR navigation. Now that we've unlearned you, you're finding others who do what you did to pile on to.

Again, stop worrying so much about other people and concentrate on yourself for a while.:bandit:
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Rex, I wasn't complaining about needing a GPS for VFR nav. I was afraid of night navigation because I had never done so before, but since doing so I realize it just takes practice. The main reason I had for buying a GPS was not so it would fly the route for me, but so I didnt bust airspace in Chicago.

To not worry about anyone else would be selfish. :)
 
CameronF said:
That's perfect then. You'll know how to do calculations in your head or E6B and be looking outside the plane more then you would in a glass panel.
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Hey, hotshot. I learned how to fly on glass and know how to use an E6-B. Also, I've been told by my instructors that I'm really good at pilotage... all while flying in a glass plane.

:)
 
adk said:
Does anybody else think it's a little scary that somebody can get his instrument rating in a glass cockpit and then legally go fly a beat up 152 with a six pack and a VOR in the clouds?
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I don't know since I haven't done any kind of instrument work except a few hours during my PPL training, but it doesnt seem like a good thing. I am more so turned off by the fact that these trainers make you used to having a giant ass moving map display.
 
b3181981 said:
what happens when his kindle goes dead? whats he going to do then?
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Probably pull the plates from the Avidyne MFD. At least that's what I'd do.

But I suppose in your hypothetical world the MFD would go blank simultaneously with the iPad, right? :rolleyes:



The safest bet would be to fly a glider. That way you don't have to worry about an engine failure. And use an abacus for calculations, coupled with celestial navigation, because E6B wiz wheels are way too modern. What happens if the little wheel in the middle breaks??? What are you gonna do then? The stars are a way safer bet. That's how *real* pilots fly.

Or maybe a person should start off by leaping from cliffs using a Birdman wingsuit. Learn how to fly hardcore, Icarus-style. Learn the fine art of producing lift with one's arms, rather than any of this fancy "factory-built wings" crap. It takes a real man to do that kind of flying.


Do I need a :sarcasm: tag?
 
adk said:
Does anybody else think it's a little scary that somebody can get his instrument rating in a glass cockpit and then legally go fly a beat up 152 with a six pack and a VOR in the clouds?
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I find it equally scary to think a pilot could get an instrument rating in a 152 and then jump in a glass cockpit and try to fly it IFR.

Without proper transition training, both scenarios could get real scary real quick.
 
CameronF said:
That's perfect then. You'll know how to do calculations in your head or E6B and be looking outside the plane more then you would in a glass panel.
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Oh god. Welcome to the 1960's

e6b's and steam gauges are the past it's time to move on. We don't do mathmatics with an abacus why compute critical flight computations on a wizwheel.

As for the glass no that's not too much glass. Look at all the information presented to him. There's no question who is using every available resource.

And I fly and love cubs so don't say I don't understand "real flying" because I do. I just heavily believe aviation needs to catch up to current technology.
 
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