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Yes, flying a cross country trip is possible without an iPad, even with the terrain whizzing by underneath you at full rental power! 
Flying XC without an iPad
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Snorting his way across the USA
Did you file a flight plan?
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LearDriver
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Gdriver
Wow, that looks completely dangerous.
denverpilot
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There's even a red flag in the CDI.
alfadog
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Yes, flying a cross country trip is possible without an iPad, even with the terrain whizzing by underneath you at full rental power!
Rent 'em wet, run 'em fast. Yeah, baby!
No, but I filled out a nav log.
And? How did it compare to what you did?
MBDiagMan
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Well, maybe that explains how Lindbergh managed to fly all over the US and even across the ocean with a broke IPad.
He didn't even have Nav Charts. In the twenties his favorite maps were railroad maps.
He didn't even have Nav Charts. In the twenties his favorite maps were railroad maps.
FlySince9
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What's an Ipad
MBDiagMan
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Yes, flying a cross country trip is possible without an iPad, even with the terrain whizzing by underneath you at full rental power!
You were SO lucky that the battery in that chart didn't go dead!
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Well, at least you had a life sized moving map display, I think it's called "Earth". Old people used to navigate with it, I found that the technology is dated and lacks some features, works in a pinch though.
Let'sgoflying!
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What's that colored-paper thingy in your lap?
Did you have to declare?
Did you have to declare?
alfadog
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Jaybird180
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Although funny. I had a conversation with my wife yesterday about taking a trip using strictly pilotage and DR.
dell30rb
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That's a nice little 152!
alfadog
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I do that all the time. I love it. My pilot friends that love their glass do not understand what I "see" in that.
LearDriver
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There's even a red flag in the CDI.
I completly missed that at first glance. Looking back I noticed that he is nearly at the yellow arc and almost climbing at 200 FPM. I hope they called out men and equipment and are lining the runway with ambulances. :wink2:
danhagan
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... he's also cheating using his finger ... surprised he didn't paint a small blue plane on his index fingernail. Probably didn't file a flight plan either
alfadog
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I don't see a magenta line on that sectional, either.
FLUNK!
kimberlyanne546
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I flew last night without an iPad. Well, I wasn't the pilot. But still. I had a sectional in my lap and a red headlamp.
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MDeitch1976
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If the RPM was any further, it would be in the red. Where is your trusty flight computer for wind correction, and true airspeed. This guy is bananas! Who knew you could fly like this?
Didn't I read somewhere about a macho attitude?
LOL!
Didn't I read somewhere about a macho attitude?
LOL!
TomRV4
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Hmm, Looks like we might have an FAR violation here...he has the wrong chart in his lap...should have a low altitude IFR chart cuz it sure looks like solid IMC!
Tom
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Hey look! Just how I fly all my cross countries! Well, minus the good 'ol 396.
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Absolutely irresponsible and dangerous. Oh, the humanity!!!! 
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If I was the sick twisted old man I am accused of being I would make some comment about you working under a red light, but I'm not like that.
denverpilot
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Do they make a RAM mount for charts?
(It's a joke. And actually they do make a clipboard I believe.)
Do you plug those chart things into the cigar lighter socket?
denverpilot
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Oh crap. No E6B in the photo.
You're gonna die!!!!
You're gonna die!!!!
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We used to navigate by reading the names of towns and streets off water towers and signs. It worked well enough.
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Oh crap. No E6B in the photo.
You're gonna die!!!!
Spock took his E6B. Paper charts and whiz wheels will be THE high tech tools of the 23rd century.
alfadog
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That's cheatin'
The idea is to get your head out of tiny screens and into the big beautiful landscape in front of you.
No kidding, a Rand McNally truckers atlas works ok and was what was carried in a lot of Ag planes. Many times on a pipeline I'd have to pop over to town to figure out exactly where I was off the tower.
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Do they make a RAM mount for charts?
(It's a joke. And actually they do make a clipboard I believe.)
Actually that is a disadvantage in having a stick, with sectionals it's not that bad but I would love to be able to mount an approach plate somewhere.
That is what is great about side stick, it clears your entire lap.
Oh, that would be simple enough to construct in several different options.
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Oh yeah I'll take a stick over a yoke any day. It's just that you know how you can mount a plate to the center of the yoke, it's a little hard doing that to a stick.
Jaybird180
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A cruel joke.Coincidentally, and for those that absolutely cannot fly without their iPacifier, the below just showed up in my inbox:
brcase
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Short version on my last solo x-country before getting my private license I ended up getting lost and tried the reading signs trick what I learned was that from 500 feet AGL it is nearly impossible to ready most road signs. The only thing I was able to ready was one sign at the edge of town had one readable word "Halfway"that was helpful
Actually it did turn out helpful after about 15 minutes of consulting the map I found a town called Halfway and finally figured out where I was.
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denverpilot
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That reminds me of this road sign which mixes in with technical geekery.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smj_crash/4194732968/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smj_crash/4194732968/lightbox/