Final 3 Greens:
I don't mean to be abusive, but you really don't seem to understand how to use a GPS
Hello F3G,
I started this thread because I haven't flown for a long time. When I stopped, GPS was just coming onto the scene and was little more than a CDI made out of little LCD segments connected to a database that comprised airports and some nav-aids.
I'm an engineer (of sorts
) and have spent most of my working life around aircraft systems. You are right, GPS is a tool. Tools have jobs and procedures for using them.
I'm a kind of tongue in cheek sort of a person and it just strikes me that this "tool" has assumed "God like status" and universal panacea properties! Could we imagine transport aircraft operating within RNP0.5 without precision aids? Should IO-540 (interesting web-site that he has!) be required to navigate up and down France without precision aids? Of course not!
Is GPS required for every little flight that ever takes place? Can you not safely and competently navigate across Europe without? I'm amused by how "risk averse" everyone is!
Now, my friend who flies with three GPS, is he on top of the situation?
Cheers,
Tony
