Benjamin Smith wrote:
>On Friday 23 March 2007, Benjamin Smith wrote: > > >>Is there any particular reason NOT to get a hand-held? (other than the >> >> >price) > > >>I bought one of the Sporty's with Com and Nav, frequency scanning, etc. for >>$279. Although I don't fly sport yet, I won't fly without it, and have done >>numerous tests in a rented Cessna with good results. It's nice having a VOR >>just in case... >> >> > >On a side note, the radio failed in the rented Cessna 172 I was in while >flying Sunday over ClearLake, CA. > >The handheld came in quite handy! > >-Ben > > Last OSH I was crossing Lake Michigan at 13,500 just before dusk in a rented 172. I had 2 passengers and wasn't current for night ops, so we landed at one of the lake shore airports to wait the hour after sunset for me to make my T&L's. While I was in the pattern for my 2nd solo landing, the P.C.L cycled off. The COM in the plane failed so I didn't have runway lights. If it wasn't for the hand held, I would have had to leave my 8 year old son and my work colleague there for a while. Always having an HT is a good idea. He had just purchased the Sporty's HT for this, our first flight into the OSH circus. -dave
