Things all pilots would buy...if they existed.

[Whirlybird]

I was complaining to Genghis that I had to get up at 6am today to teach a trial lesson, which probably would be cancelled if the 18 hour TAFS were right, but I couldn't be certain till the morning. He suggested....


a TAF dependent alarm clock! :)

That got me thinking. What else would we all buy...if only it existed?

Note - the weather was OK but the student didn't show up. :{ :{ :{

[greatorex]

Ooh, Good one Whirly!

Umm. . . Don't know what gadget I'd buy, but how about us all clubbing together and buying a Herd of Cows, Some Seaweed to hang out the window and a dozen or so Pine Cones?. . . After all, they're bound to be more accurate than the bl00dy TAFs!!! :D ;) :D ;)

Cheers,

G

[SATCO Biggin]

Clear plastic or glass 'see through' fuel drain points on aircraft. So you can see if there is water contamination or not without having to drain into a tube or cup first.

I always seem to get an 'armful' of Avgas over my clothes and grubby stains from the underside of the aircraft.

Regards

[AerBabe]

A cheap Mustang? :(

[MLS-12D]

Some sort of superduper thermal-sensing spectacles would sell like hotcakes amongst the soaring crowd.

Aerbabe: you can pick up one of these 2/3 Mustangs (http://www.alternate-airpower.com/armstrong.html) for about US$100,000 or less; will that do?:D

[dublinpilot]

A rich aviation loving girl friend, who is both understanding and understandable! ;)

[In Altissimus]

Whirly,

I hope your TAF Dependent Alarm Clock will have my patented METAR-Override feature...

I would pay to have the "Land-o-matic" (sic) fixed on the Cessna - but I don't think it EVER really existed :rolleyes:

Also, if Santa could sort out a 200kt, IFR-legal, tricycle-gear, 4 seater, AVTUR-sipping steed (for under, say £20k) I should be most grateful...

[IO540]

Dublinpilot has got his priorities exactly right. But I thought that Ireland was full of young women who would love to fly, preferably in the "away" direction :O

[Fly Stimulator]

Non-diuretic coffee, guaranteed safe to consume before embarking on long flights. :ooh:

[FNG]

Aerbabe beat me to it, the answer has to be more and cheaper (full size) Spitfires and Mustangs. I don't want people to think I'm a cheapskate, so I'll settle for 100K as a fair price if they chuck in the guns as well.

[MLS-12D]

FNG,

I doubt that they'll throw in the guns, but if you buy a scaled down Mustang you can fit it out yourself with 1/2 scale machine guns (http://www.lakesideguns.com/title1/m2.html) in .22 calibre. :ooh:

[paulo]

I think Whirly made the ultimate tactical mistake. Start the thread with the best answer! A TAF alarm clock, oh yes.

The only thing to better it would be something to warn you not to have too many beers before a...erm.... what's the term for a clear day? VIS... ummmm. Oh dear, too many beers. :rolleyes:

(Erm, CAVOK was what I was looking for. Blimey. Me, current? Where's the bun?)

[Tinstaafl]

A 500' to 4000' AGL (user selectable) 360 deg panoramic view from o'head the departure aerodrome, available on the ground. Optional upgrades to include destination(s), alternate(s) &/or waypoints.


The number of times a limited view from the ground of how the Wx looks is NOT a good representation of what's happening just over the ridge...

[knobbygb]

A panel mounted PAUSE button.

[dublinpilot]

Air brakes that stop you rather than slow you down?

[ratsarrse]

Computer game-style 'quicksave' and 'quickload' functions. Great for things like landings: you save when you turn finals, then if you're not too happy with how the landing turned out, you just load and try again.

Just think of all those foot-in-mouth situations you could avoid...

[stiknruda]

A weather-wand that that when wiggled about would give clear blue days just like today, it would only work 364 days a year - as today was magic all by itself!

Flew both my aeroplanes and had so much fun only Sunday roast tempted me down - well actually, the thought of the b0llOcking if I was late persuaded me down!


Stik

[Penguina]

1000m of good condition tarmac that is 'unplottable' in a Harry Potter style so that I can practise and practise to my heart's content unseen. No one watching/laughing, no one cutting me up on final or blocking my runway and no one making late downwind calls when I seem, spookily, to be late downwind too and distracting me.

I'd only need it for about a year or two I'd have thought before I can fly a flawless approach and landing every time.

:O

Oh yes, and with a little dial for wind speed and another for direction and a button that turns it into 450 metres of lumpy grass so that I can set my challenge according to my mood.

In fact, why stop there? How about my own 40 square nautical miles patch of Class P (Penguina only) airspace, extending up to the tropopause, so I can practise everything else too? I could charge people for transits to pay for my aeroplane.

I'm good at this fantasy lark, me.

[cblinton@blueyonder.]

A maintanance free aircraft that pays for its own Cof A etc:ok:

[Mike Cross]

You've already got one that can land on a shingle beach, what more do you want?

Mike

[whosyerdaddy]

A 4 hour bladder:confused:
and English speaking ATCOs in France:}

[cblinton@blueyonder.]

M C

Mike dont forget the P2s auto shoe warmer! ****:rolleyes:

[Genghis the Engineer]

That's cheating, the instructors footwarmer is already available as an optional mod on Shadows.

G

[NinjaBill]

Although not specifically aviation related, i'd like a bed cooler. It would work like a reverse electric blanket, so that 5 minutes before my alarm clock went, my bed would get cold, therefore making it easier to get out of bed on cold winter mornings.

NB

[Mike Cross]

Genghis

I hope it works better on the Shadow than on cblinton's Bonanza.

He's referring to the large spark that came from the footwell when I was trying to move the P2 pedals friom their stowed to working position. Made me jump I can tell you.

Mike

[cblinton@blueyonder.]

Mike

I have had the foot well checked out and seems there is nothing stray! maybe the spark came from your shoes! I hear they were moving about alot the previous night:ok: