Yes Stuart, and every x-country glider pilot new how to use those, had the
necessary instrumentation (guess they were steam driven and not electronics?)
and employed them assidously. Some of them may even have known what the
acronyms meant.
Best Regards - Rolf
From: s...@bigpond.net.au
Rolf
Easy - ILS/ADF/VOR/DME
Stuart Ferguson
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On 14/02/2010, at 15:09, "rolf a. buelter" wrote:
Hi Stuart,
How did you navigate back then? Guess it took a good deal of your
attention! Hardly any now with those electronics. Same, in case of
comp flying, for tu
It's a shame the Kodak Instamatic cameras didn't take a shot of the yaw string
at the same time as the wingtip and (perhaps) turnpoint.
By the way, there's a new take on the Boulder midair, absolutely shocking.
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/02/westboro_baptist_church_...
Jim
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> There were also less electronic distractions inside the cockpit back
> then too
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> Stuart Ferguson
Interesting, personally I find using a moving map GPS/PDA less distracting than
paper maps and either using a mechanical (Plastic circle over the map type) or
B24 style final gli
Who needs eyes when we have ears?
Those of us who remember the good old days will tell you that it was easy
to take a turnpoint photo while looking out for other gliders, and easy to
read a map as well. It was also fine to have to look out for gliders
(without Flarms) all over the sky, espec
Yes - here is a link to the US news coverage - sent to me by one of my
friends who flew with me out of that airfield in a 2-22.
Cath, This glider pilot is from Aus. Do you know him by chance??
http://cbs4denver.com/local/Reuben.Bakker.glider.2.1481791.html
KCNC http://cbs4denver.com
On 1
Hi Stuart,
How did you navigate back then? Guess it took a good deal of your attention!
Hardly any now with those electronics. Same, in case of comp flying, for
turnpoint documentation and a whole lot of other chores which are automated
now. And audio varios. Airspace infringement is now ea
There were also less electronic distractions inside the cockpit back
then too
Stuart Ferguson
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On 13/02/2010, at 21:35, Peter Stephenson wrote:
All aircraft have blind spots. The skill we need to be taught and
practise is how to manage them effectively. I thi
At 10:25 PM 13/02/2010, you wrote:
I would be interested to know if the accident rate has increased or
decreased since the 1970's, a time when gliding made virtually no use of
radio for separation or circuit announcements. Were I a betting man, I'd
put money on an increase.
Seems to me that we
At 08:35 PM 13/02/2010, you wrote:
All aircraft have blind spots. The skill we need to be taught and
practise is how to manage them effectively. I think one useful
technique is to climb or descend while turning and therefore being
able to clear the air where we are moving into. ie. never cli
I would be interested to know if the accident rate has increased or
decreased since the 1970's, a time when gliding made virtually no use of
radio for separation or circuit announcements. Were I a betting man, I'd
put money on an increase.
Seems to me that we should be using our eyes to ensure se
All aircraft have blind spots. The skill we need to be taught and
practise is how to manage them effectively. I think one useful
technique is to climb or descend while turning and therefore being
able to clear the air where we are moving into. ie. never climb or
descend in a straight line.
Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 07:30 AM 12/02/2010, you wrote:
Peter Stephenson wrote:
The trouble with us glider pilots is that we are yacking to each
other on one our 3 gliding frequencies that we keep secret ( I
proposed when A&A Qld to have one of the frequencies put beside our
red ++ symbol
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