Chris,
This is probably of interest to me but I don't know what the acronyms
mean. Please elaborate for the uninitiated.
Charlie
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Ahem! On a different note, I'd like to pass on (no pun intended) a
> recent encounter with a commercial pilot. This fellow showed up at the
> shop about three weeks ago, interested in building up a bike to use when he
> was staying here for a few days. He ended up buying a very nice
> ready-to-ride cruiser that was similar to the one that was stolen from his
> roommate.
>
> He mentioned that he flew for a small regional airline, so we got
> into a conversation. He flies nice, modern twins with all sorts of fancy
> equipment. His primary navigation system is GPS-based, and he stated that
> when they have to use VOR/TACAN they ave to think about it. I described to
> him how I flew VOR/ADF with the RMI cards as primary indicators and the HSI
> as a backup, even when stateside. He was totally mind-boggled.
>
> That's scary, and along with the TSA nonsense I'm even more inclined
> to just drive.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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