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Forum: Private Flying
5th Aug 2014, 22:26
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

Apart from the obvious answer, FW, what is it?

Apart from the obvious answer, FW, what is it?
Forum: Private Flying
5th Aug 2014, 21:18
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

Me too! Not so sure this is correct. ...

Me too!

Not so sure this is correct.



But surely similar magnitude errors in both hemispheres?

Confused?
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jul 2014, 20:01
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

Ok so it shows heading indirectly - thanks ...

Ok so it shows heading indirectly - thanks

But if ATC asked you to fly a heading (assuming drift) that wouldn't be quite as straightforward although you could offer to fly a track?
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jul 2014, 08:27
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

Johnm, how does GPS tell you the heading?

Johnm, how does GPS tell you the heading?
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jul 2014, 07:13
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

BPF, with respect you have missed my point. ...

BPF, with respect you have missed my point.

Of course at the ab initio level we need to teach the essentials but it's also a question of how you do that.
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2014, 23:25
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

Well we could have an even more philosophical...

Well we could have an even more philosophical debate as to what the instructor's job is about.

The root of the word education is from the Latin "educo" meaning to "draw out" or another one is...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2014, 20:31
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

BPF, For me nothing heretical at all about...

BPF,

For me nothing heretical at all about it - I've been teaching such for decades.

There is a huge difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2014, 12:21
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

Yes that's the way I've taught it for several...

Yes that's the way I've taught it for several decades but that's not the point - you still need to start off and finish with a heading reference. Also Turn Coordinates/Needles are not always...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2014, 10:32
Replies: 50
Views: 8,886
Posted By fireflybob

So when the gyro stabilised HSI fails how are you...

So when the gyro stabilised HSI fails how are you going to turn onto a heading using the compass?

It's nonsense to say a pilot shouldn't have a working knowledge of compass errors.
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