And of course he he may have been trying to work out his position using a map and a stop watch, too afraid to use the nice shiny GNS430 in case those who "know better" thought that he was not doing the job properly?
Modern equipment such as the GNS430 in this example is designed using intuative user interfaces and in fact are very simple to operate. I managed to work out a dual GNS430/530 stormscope etc in 5 minutes without problem the first time I used it and flew IFR to Titusville from Miami.
I would suggest that he was behind the curve becuase he may have been at the edge of his ability trying to find his way in the murk in his clapped out ill equipped 1970 Cortina and the map and stopwatch probably just exacberated the situation?
Personally I would let my children learn in my 350hp batmobile, if they can learn to handle that in a controlled manner then 65hp toy car is going to be a lot easier? The quality of instruction......
It seems to be that the generation that did not grow up with the electronic gadgetary are the most ardent supporters of the "old way" (with the exception of my grandfather it seems!).
Unfortunatly it is still this generation that are influencing the newcomers to our "obsession hobby" and could be another answer why we fail to retain new pilots?
What younger person these days does not know how to operate a play station a picture message, decode a DTS DVD etc?
I put my life in the electronics of my CCR diving equipment and dive to 150m on it.
Technology is the life of the modern world. I am not a "sproggling" anymore but I am managed to manipulate this internet thangy with a triple monitor setup and write this message, programming a GPS is childs play!
Just a thought!
