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Old 22nd Jun 2010, 15:16
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stepwilk
 
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"All the same information is there as in a "steam gauge" airplane. Only with electronics and optimal symbology it is presented far better in the current generation airplanes."

I've spent minimal time in glass-cockpit airplanes--a few business jets, Cirrus lightplanes--and of course I agree that the presentation is far better, but I wonder...there's -more- information presented than with the old analog AH/DG/airspeed/altimeter/RoC/T&B array, which for some might be challenging, particularly Cirrus-type pilots. I also wonder if there's more opportunity for fixation on one or another parameter than there was with the constant scan that used to be the basic Sacred Six technique.

Admittedly, I write as a 3,000-hour GA pilot with a Citation type rating, so any "opinion" I might have is pretty useless in this forum. Here to learn.
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