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Hey! Grayhawk1! "Direct To" for cruise?
Not this old fart! My GPS IFR routes are "I Follow Roads"! From Santa
Maria, CA going to Carson City: N on 5 then R on 50. Wendover, UT? N on 5,
then follow 80 through all its zigs and zags. Or Casper, WY: E on 166, then N on
15, R at Provo past Heber to 80, then N at Rawlins. Portland or Seattle or
Arlington? N on 5 all the way! Then there's 10 and 40 for E-W! No way I'm going
"Direct To" to Denver!
Guess what? Most airports are
along the major highways! I have also spoken to several who have put
their Lancairs down on a road, well, at least in one case, on a truck's flat-bed
trailer on a road. They lived to tell about it. And the planes were
repairable. I haven't yet heard anyone tell me about his off-airport
landing in a field of boulders. I'll bet that GPSS would follow those roads
quite well! Flying at 11,500 or 12,500 with that 15:1 glide ratio puts lots of
airports in range when that engine starts making funny noises!
Paul
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