Things all pilots would buy...if they existed.
The Original Whirly
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Things all pilots would buy...if they existed.
I was complaining to Genghis that I had to get up at 6am today to teach a trial lesson, which probably would be cancelled if the 18 hour TAFS were right, but I couldn't be certain till the morning. He suggested....
a TAF dependent alarm clock!
That got me thinking. What else would we all buy...if only it existed?
Note - the weather was OK but the student didn't show up.
a TAF dependent alarm clock!
That got me thinking. What else would we all buy...if only it existed?
Note - the weather was OK but the student didn't show up.
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Ooh, Good one Whirly!
Umm. . . Don't know what gadget I'd buy, but how about us all clubbing together and buying a Herd of Cows, Some Seaweed to hang out the window and a dozen or so Pine Cones?. . . After all, they're bound to be more accurate than the bl00dy TAFs!!!
Cheers,
G
Umm. . . Don't know what gadget I'd buy, but how about us all clubbing together and buying a Herd of Cows, Some Seaweed to hang out the window and a dozen or so Pine Cones?. . . After all, they're bound to be more accurate than the bl00dy TAFs!!!
Cheers,
G
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Clear plastic or glass 'see through' fuel drain points on aircraft. So you can see if there is water contamination or not without having to drain into a tube or cup first.
I always seem to get an 'armful' of Avgas over my clothes and grubby stains from the underside of the aircraft.
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I always seem to get an 'armful' of Avgas over my clothes and grubby stains from the underside of the aircraft.
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Some sort of superduper thermal-sensing spectacles would sell like hotcakes amongst the soaring crowd.
Aerbabe: you can pick up one of these 2/3 Mustangs for about US$100,000 or less; will that do?
Aerbabe: you can pick up one of these 2/3 Mustangs for about US$100,000 or less; will that do?
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Whirly,
I hope your TAF Dependent Alarm Clock will have my patented METAR-Override feature...
I would pay to have the "Land-o-matic" (sic) fixed on the Cessna - but I don't think it EVER really existed
Also, if Santa could sort out a 200kt, IFR-legal, tricycle-gear, 4 seater, AVTUR-sipping steed (for under, say £20k) I should be most grateful...
I hope your TAF Dependent Alarm Clock will have my patented METAR-Override feature...
I would pay to have the "Land-o-matic" (sic) fixed on the Cessna - but I don't think it EVER really existed
Also, if Santa could sort out a 200kt, IFR-legal, tricycle-gear, 4 seater, AVTUR-sipping steed (for under, say £20k) I should be most grateful...
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Aerbabe beat me to it, the answer has to be more and cheaper (full size) Spitfires and Mustangs. I don't want people to think I'm a cheapskate, so I'll settle for 100K as a fair price if they chuck in the guns as well.
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FNG,
I doubt that they'll throw in the guns, but if you buy a scaled down Mustang you can fit it out yourself with 1/2 scale machine guns in .22 calibre.
I doubt that they'll throw in the guns, but if you buy a scaled down Mustang you can fit it out yourself with 1/2 scale machine guns in .22 calibre.
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I think Whirly made the ultimate tactical mistake. Start the thread with the best answer! A TAF alarm clock, oh yes.
The only thing to better it would be something to warn you not to have too many beers before a...erm.... what's the term for a clear day? VIS... ummmm. Oh dear, too many beers.
(Erm, CAVOK was what I was looking for. Blimey. Me, current? Where's the bun?)
The only thing to better it would be something to warn you not to have too many beers before a...erm.... what's the term for a clear day? VIS... ummmm. Oh dear, too many beers.
(Erm, CAVOK was what I was looking for. Blimey. Me, current? Where's the bun?)
A 500' to 4000' AGL (user selectable) 360 deg panoramic view from o'head the departure aerodrome, available on the ground. Optional upgrades to include destination(s), alternate(s) &/or waypoints.
The number of times a limited view from the ground of how the Wx looks is NOT a good representation of what's happening just over the ridge...
The number of times a limited view from the ground of how the Wx looks is NOT a good representation of what's happening just over the ridge...
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Computer game-style 'quicksave' and 'quickload' functions. Great for things like landings: you save when you turn finals, then if you're not too happy with how the landing turned out, you just load and try again.
Just think of all those foot-in-mouth situations you could avoid...
Just think of all those foot-in-mouth situations you could avoid...
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A weather-wand that that when wiggled about would give clear blue days just like today, it would only work 364 days a year - as today was magic all by itself!
Flew both my aeroplanes and had so much fun only Sunday roast tempted me down - well actually, the thought of the b0llOcking if I was late persuaded me down!
Stik
Flew both my aeroplanes and had so much fun only Sunday roast tempted me down - well actually, the thought of the b0llOcking if I was late persuaded me down!
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1000m of good condition tarmac that is 'unplottable' in a Harry Potter style so that I can practise and practise to my heart's content unseen. No one watching/laughing, no one cutting me up on final or blocking my runway and no one making late downwind calls when I seem, spookily, to be late downwind too and distracting me.
I'd only need it for about a year or two I'd have thought before I can fly a flawless approach and landing every time.
Oh yes, and with a little dial for wind speed and another for direction and a button that turns it into 450 metres of lumpy grass so that I can set my challenge according to my mood.
In fact, why stop there? How about my own 40 square nautical miles patch of Class P (Penguina only) airspace, extending up to the tropopause, so I can practise everything else too? I could charge people for transits to pay for my aeroplane.
I'm good at this fantasy lark, me.
I'd only need it for about a year or two I'd have thought before I can fly a flawless approach and landing every time.
Oh yes, and with a little dial for wind speed and another for direction and a button that turns it into 450 metres of lumpy grass so that I can set my challenge according to my mood.
In fact, why stop there? How about my own 40 square nautical miles patch of Class P (Penguina only) airspace, extending up to the tropopause, so I can practise everything else too? I could charge people for transits to pay for my aeroplane.
I'm good at this fantasy lark, me.
