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Old 20th October 2011 | 13:35
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Pace
 
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From: In the boot of my car!
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I must admit to not liking full glass displays but prefer a mixture of the two.
The one Citation is graced with a King 90b which is a pain.
I also fly with the Garmin 530 and that plus conventional is my ideal.
The only down side with the Garmin is its inability to load airways points automatically. I would like the entry point, airway and exit point and everything inbetween loads.
The Cirrus which had all the bells and whistles was overkill in my mind and there was something unreal and detached about the whole thing.
My main concern is becoming to hooked into these systems, relying on them to fill in gaps in basic flying experience.
I can remember flying a beat up old wreck of a Citation from India to the UK.
You didnt need a simulator with that aircraft as it gave you problems real world!
When I collected it the Indians assured me it had a global database which I soon found out was untrue.
After Saudi there was no more data meaning we had to load every point enroute with Lat Longs.
Stuff I call thinking out of the box and good for the soul flying.
It worries me somewhat with pilots who rely too much on displays and ignore their basic flying skills because one day they may need them.

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