I learned to fly long before GPS was invented and I still know how to
plan a flight on paper with a sectional and I would still be comfortable
doing it without GPS, but it has been a few years since I have done it.
Currently I have Ifly GPS on my tablet so I have legal sectionals and
approach plat
Forget about the oxygen -- what engine and what size fuel tanks do you
have? I'm planning on a VW, but still wondering a bit whether they're
reliable enough.
Also, are you flying on top of the weather, too? That's how Ken Rand died.
He was flying VFR on top and ran out of gas.
Mike Taglieri
On
As far as the VW goes. I have flown behind several. They have basic
maintenance requirements but I trust them as much as a Lycoming or
Continental. Time between overhaul is significantly (500hrs for a starting
point) shorter but as long as they are not overbuilt they will serve you
well. With the
I see his point and going direct has its merits at altitude but myself...I
like to see scenery and deviating around the airspace isn't a big issue for
me but then again I also own a Tri Pacer and even with the mode s installed
I avoid "big" airspace.
On the other hand regarding weather a long
Someone recently described their cross country flight planning technique
as basically looking to see if there's anything in the way between
departure airport and destination, and then hopping in the plane and
going. That's my technique as well. I've never understood what all the
fuss with "fligh
You can go into an unusual in a 172 if you're not careful! GPS has
definately made flight planning easier and safer. Just have a paper one
handy following and comparing the two.
On Aug 16, 2016 8:30 PM, "Mike Stirewalt via KRnet"
wrote:
> "By the way, you can't turn over a paper sectional in a KR
"By the way, you can't turn over a paper sectional in a KR in flight and
not have to recover from an unusual attitude afterwards."
Without at least a wing leveler, that's sure true. It's even worse with
the KR-1 cockpit. I used paper back in the 80's with my first KR so
clearly everyone did it.
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From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Paul Visk via
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Subject: KR> Cross country planning and a KR
Last weekend I had my first flight review in 24 years. My instruc
I have to second what DJ and Doran said.? I don't remember the last time I
planned on paper.? If I am planning a significant cross country flight (meaning
half the continenent or more), I'll keep an eye on the weather forecast via
ADDS Weather, then do my preflight planning on Skyvector.? Anym
I haven't use paper in quite a while. By the way, you can't turn over a paper
sectional in a KR in flight and not have to recover from an unusual attitude
afterwards.
Rob Schmitt
N1852Z
Www.robert7721.com
> On Aug 15, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Paul Visk via KRnet
> wrote:
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> Last weekend
On 8/15/2016 8:22 PM, Paul Visk via KRnet wrote:
> He said the most pilots
> still plan on paper and use paper sectionals in flight.
I doubt most pilots use paper these days. I haven't plotted a flight
plan on paper in over 10 years.
I used to use the Voyager program on a PC, now either use th
Last weekend I had my first flight review in 24 years. My instructor was a
friend from my EAA chapter.? He?wanted me to plan a 100 mile?XC.
So I did. All on my Avare GPS app,?E6B app and my weather app. I thought I
did a good job.? Well he didn't like it.? He wanted me to do it the
old way.?
That terminal app is avia weather.
On Aug 15, 2016 8:35 PM, "Doran Jaffas"
wrote:
> I am a pilot for 30 years. I came across the Avare flight app 3 years ago
> and compared it to a glass cockpit in a Pilatus while flying from Sparta,
> Mich. to Naples, Fla. The app was right on target. We did no
I am a pilot for 30 years. I came across the Avare flight app 3 years ago
and compared it to a glass cockpit in a Pilatus while flying from Sparta,
Mich. to Naples, Fla. The app was right on target. We did not use paper
sectionals or plates and filed on the internet. I fly a Tri Pacer with the
Ava
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