On Feb 17, 2008, at 12:45 AM, Steve Thompson wrote:
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I know of no laptop that I would trust as a pilot, to provide me
with enroute and approach charts. It gets a little busy up there
when you are in marginal weather (that is, not quite Visual, not
really Instrument), forget 0 - 0 type weather. That's why I stay
with paper charts.
And you throw in turbulence and have that laptop impact the floor
or the ceiling, and life could get real ugly with a broken screen,
or a dead drive, or a cracked M/B, etc.
There's a D/R situation that's just waiting to happen.
Regards,
Steve Thompson
Steve,
Good for you. You are 100 percent right. I sure wouldn't trust any
computer (no matter what OS it might run) that can be carried
around . If there are attached to the plane however it would be
reasonable to trust them as they are inspected regularly by either
ground crew or the FAA.
D/R is just not an option at 10K (or more) meters up.
The closest time I ever got to fly a plane was in the Caribbean
between islands. My knuckles were wrapped around a steering wheel so
tightly that my hands were white. The pilot was right there but it is
a scary deal to fly a twin engine plane at 500 feet let alone any
higher. Congrats.
Ed
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