Hi PEI 3721,
To take one example of instrumentation; in our modern big jets would we be happy raw data flying an NDB course with the NDB pointer on one small round instrument, the heading bug on another small round instrument; no means of bugging the required NDB course, and having to regularly sync the directional gyro with the E2 compass?
No. Yet, those of us of a certain vintage did it at flight school - within 5°, whilst also flying a non stable, non AP, non A/THR light aircraft.
So now that we can overlay the NDB required course bar and the raw data NDB needle onto the (automatically synced), ND compass display making NDB tracking 10 times easier and 10 times more accurate; does that make us bad pilots?
When cars were first developed the car radiator temperature gauge was on the top of the radiator, out on the front of the bonnet. Modern cars have the temperature gauge next to the speedo in front of the driver - much easier to see and monitor. Does that instrument improvement make us worse drivers?
Bad pilots are those who 'blindly' follow a FD and don't look through it at the raw data and the pitch, bank, speed and V/S readouts.
Last edited by Uplinker; 4th Dec 2020 at 11:06.