cell phones banned in UK while driving?
I've always said that we could learn a lot from the Brits. I wish the U.S. would pass a federal law like that.
As for the rest of the topic pertaining to cell phones...any chance we could drop the subject, shake hands and return to talking about flying?
I almost mentioned earlier about my first solo nav. I was on a 3-point cross country and I mentioned the strong winds to the preflight weather briefer who assured me that they would dissipate once I was out a few miles. They only got worse! I've never seen worse turbulence and had almost no control of the Cessna 150. At that point I'd convinced myself that I was already dead so I had nothing to lose by continuing to the closest airport so I could try to set it down. Then the compass fell out. Eventually the wind did calm down and I buzzed a water tower to pinpoint my location, then found the airport to land.
I've never encountered any thing like that since. And after a few hundred hours of cross-country navigating becomes second nature. I always use a handheld GPS (Garmin GPS Pilot III) as primary and use VOR as secondary. I also keep track of checkpoints along the route. Since I'm just now training in helicopters this may change for me but I'm certainly at ease about it.
Anyone else have any horror stories?