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Old 6th Jul 2012, 09:35
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SadPole
 
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p.s.

In case someone wants to argue that regulatory bureaucracy is not the problem:

Title 14: Aeronautics and Space

CHAPTER I: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)

SUBCHAPTER G: AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS

PART 125: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS: AIRPLANES HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF 20 OR MORE PASSENGERS OR A MAXIMUM PAYLOAD CAPACITY OF 6,000 POUNDS OR MORE; AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT

Subpart F: Instrument and Equipment Requirements

125.205 - Equipment requirements: Airplanes under IFR.

No person may operate an airplane under IFR unless it has:

(a) A vertical speed indicator;

(b) A free-air temperature indicator;

(c) A heated pitot tube for each airspeed indicator;

(d) A power failure warning device or vacuum indicator to show the power available for gyroscopic instruments from each power source;


Meaning - nobody is allowed to use anything other than the archaic pitot tubes for airspeed reading and gyroscopic instruments while we for years have solid-state sensors that are more than 10 times more accurate than gyroscopic instruments or pitot tubes.
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