Recent content by midlifeflyer

Reviving to ask this question. You get a clearance. Keeping it simple... "Cleared to the ABC airport. Radar vectors FXNAM, then as filed, climb and maintain..." You take off, start receiving vectors, eventually, "Proceed Direct FXNAM." Are you saying FXNAM is now your clearance limit?

Another example about training and experience. When I was teaching at KAPA in the Denver area, the typical winds would be light from the southeast and favor runway 17 in the morning and rotate clockwise through the day. They would also increase in intensity becoming a substantial crosswind mid...

They responded immediately to a new message. Must’ve been some glitch.

Yep. There’s really only one definition of “night” when that word is used in the substantive text of an FAA regulation.

The real point here is that we are all very different in our reactions to technology. It can take a lot of time for Pilot One to acclimate to what Pilot Two thinks is "intuitive." Some years back I had a conversation with the owner of a flight school. I mentioned that the 430/530 wasn't all...

In your case, the Dynon > Aspen picture is very different and the 430/530 a big step backwards in functionality. On the flip side, I have a friend who is in the process of moving from a 430 and analog gauges to a 650 and G5s. That 430 > 650 "should" not be that difficult. The logic is identical...

I agree they are not likely to get knocked off. Even Garmin had to allow compatibility due to FF's strength. But be sure you are not conflating popularity with quality. Remember BetaMax? Foreflight had a huge headstart. Foreflight Mobile for the iPhone appeared in 2008. It became available for...

OTOH, I’m still counting. I’ll report back if I hear from them. I’m going to try something…

The results, definitely. A technology that can fly a STAR into an approach, into the published missed hold in a 172 with the pilot doing nothing more than controlling the throttle and pressing a TOGA button is much easier than hand flying them. And there’s no question that automation can have a...

Day 6. Still no response from Aviator Assistant. Maybe just someone's hobby? @Cheyenne Captain, ever tried to ask them anything?

Not enough use that option.

Whatever the underlying OS, I think there are two distinct subgroupings to this question. One subgroup is VFR vs IFR. For example, based on having used all of them geared to the US market, I think FlyQ is a great VFR choice, but not so good for IFR, mainly in the flight planning area. The...

Being serious, I was doing it well before they were published. Beat the heck out of the 800 number and GCOs that rarely worked.

There's no doubt they were saying those NDB babes weren't "real" pilots.

AFAIK, Garmin Pilot and FltPlan Go. Both are owned by Garmin.