What could you use in aviation?

jtrain609 said:
The bolt on a piece of string thing doesn't work.
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Supposedly, an AirTran 717 departed PHF one cloudy afternoon and had a complete electrical failure due to a burn through of a wire bundle in the fuselage. The captain removed a shoe string from his shoe, tied it around a pencil at it's balance point, hung it from the wet compass, and used it to descend through the low cloud layer until he got into VMC to land in RIC.
 
Apple Ipad and Jepview... that sounds kinda cool, but i bet it would be rediculously expensive.

I am sure someone will have NACO charts on the ipad soon enough though
 
I'll take supposedly and raise you a BS :)

I'm willing to bet, well I'm willing to bet a few things. The chances of you toasting everything, including the standby attitude indicator are nearly impossible.

But more importantly, trimming the plane out for a wings level, 1,000 FPM descent, and then taking your hands off the yoke and letting the plane fly itself is going to yield MUCH better results than any other plan if you're really up the river.
 
jtrain609 said:
I'll take supposedly and raise you a BS
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BS or not, it's the story I got from the horses mouth; the contract mechanic from PHF that drove to Richmond to look at the situation. I was taking PPL lessons from the FBO (Rick Aviation) in PHF at the time.
 
A very attractive 20 something year old well-endowed female brunette pilot with a wonderful personality and a great sense of humor looking for someone exactly like me.

Bonus points if she flies taildraggers.

That's not too much to ask is it? :bandit::D
 
Okie_Pilot said:
A very attractive 20 something year old well-endowed female brunette millionaire with a wonderful personality and a great sense of humor looking for someone exactly like me.

Bonus points if she flies taildraggers.

That's not too much to ask is it? :bandit::D
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fixed...I could care less if she were a pilot
 
I'd love an EFB.

Lugging around 30 pounds of Jepps.. most of which I never use.. gets old.

Not having to do the revisions would make my world!
 
Since the op hasn't seen too many serious responses, I'll toss in the suggestion of a way to have ATCs audio instructions can be translated to text so if the radio call is blocked or not understood, the reciever in the plane will display the text.
 
Perhaps this is a bit morbid, but you asked and it is indeed a product that could have been useful on several occasions. I've spoken to several pilots with the same problem and so we invented a haphazard one....But if you have ever tried to scatter ashes from a small aircraft you'll know that it can be challenging. A device that actually works, is easy to operate in flight, where 100% of the ashes fall outside the aircraft would be nice. The place I used to work had requests to scatter ashes about once a month actually, and something that worked well would have come in handy, and we never found one.

Not exactly the high tech device you were probably seeking and not sure how you would make an ad for that or market it, but I would buy one.
 
Tld said:
Perhaps this is a bit morbid, but you asked and it is indeed a product that could have been useful on several occasions. I've spoken to several pilots with the same problem and so we invented a haphazard one....But if you have ever tried to scatter ashes from a small aircraft you'll know that it can be challenging. A device that actually works, is easy to operate in flight, where 100% of the ashes fall outside the aircraft would be nice. The place I used to work had requests to scatter ashes about once a month actually, and something that worked well would have come in handy, and we never found one.

Not exactly the high tech device you were probably seeking and not sure how you would make an ad for that or market it, but I would buy one.
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A poster tube is what I've used. Works great.
 
Murdoughnut said:
Cheap, effective, all encompassing TCAS in all light aircraft.
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+1. Although that's only if people actually use it as an aid to spot traffic instead of using it and going "got em on the fishfinder!" Even with see and avoid the chance of a midair collision is still always gonna be there, and honestly creeps me out a little.
 
Okie_Pilot said:
A very attractive 20 something year old well-endowed female brunette pilot with a wonderful personality and a great sense of humor looking for someone exactly like me.

Bonus points if she flies taildraggers.

That's not too much to ask is it? :bandit::D
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I think you would be better off with these changes:
30-40 year old, they have the required experience, 20 yr olds are nice but they need training.
As far as the well endowed part, you can always buy a set of aftermarket Boobs
You forgot, suffers from a severe case of Nymphomania, and has a Daddy that owns a chian of liquor stores

Just trying to help
 
Tld said:
Perhaps this is a bit morbid, but you asked and it is indeed a product that could have been useful on several occasions. I've spoken to several pilots with the same problem and so we invented a haphazard one....But if you have ever tried to scatter ashes from a small aircraft you'll know that it can be challenging. A device that actually works, is easy to operate in flight, where 100% of the ashes fall outside the aircraft would be nice. The place I used to work had requests to scatter ashes about once a month actually, and something that worked well would have come in handy, and we never found one.

Not exactly the high tech device you were probably seeking and not sure how you would make an ad for that or market it, but I would buy one.
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I've actually heard of quite a few people who could use something for this little problem. I didn't realize it was so common......
 
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