PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - plans vs sat nav
View Single Post
Old 13th Mar 2012, 14:08
  #22 (permalink)  
englishal

 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: 75N 16E
Age: 54
Posts: 4,729
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I rarely draw on my chart these days. I plan the flight on skydemon, print out a PLOG and a couple of A4 maps, and then use the same waypoints that I used in Skydemon in the Garmin Aera. I try to use IFR reporting points so that I can also bung the route into the 430W, though that is not always possible for a VFR flight.

I do try to remember to update the take off time on the PLOG, just in case, but employ pilotage to make sure I am where the GPS thinks I am, in case we lost GPS.

If there are VORs/DME enroute I'd also tune them in.
englishal is offline