Sky demon / ipad
I agree that whilst learning you should NOT use gps and to work solely with charts and dead reckoning.
Once passed and comfortable then start to get familiar with a gps unit or two. It is very VERY easy to just follow the magenta line and even when you know you shouldnt..... You still end up doing it from time to time.
I use sky demon and i love it, i would prefer the view to be a standard chart as thats the look im comfortable with.
I have air nav pro with the same route programmed in on my iPhone as a back up and once when coming back from swansea my external gps over heated and cut out (ipad was not 3g so had no internal gps chip) and i had only 10% left on my iPhone battery 100nm out from base! (It obviously wasn't going to last as i had charged it fully before leaving that day)
Good job i drew the lines on my chart too!
Technology is brilliant but if all of it fails (although rare) its good to know you can be comfortable doing it the old fashion way.
I do think everyone should have a gps just in case you wonder off track a bit through a narrow corridor and may infringe in someones airspace for example.
Just my 2 pence worth
Good luck with your training either way, i actually miss mine! I enjoyed it so much
Last edited by Pilot.Lyons; 29th July 2013 at 18:21.