Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:01:52 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r05.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.101] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2480825 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:42:47 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-r05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id q.160.23819f71 (30960) for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:42:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <160.23819f71.2c4d63e3@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:42:27 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Essential Buss versus Fuel Endurance X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1058802147" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 400 -------------------------------1058802147 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 7/21/2003 8:41:50 AM Central Daylight Time,=20 colwells@comcast.net writes: For less than $1000 a Garmin 196 GPS with its 4 AA Batteries will not miss a= =20 beat. The =E2=80=9CPanel Page=E2=80=9D has; for those of you who may not ha= ve seen it, a=20 usable presentation of a HSI, VSI, Altimeter, Turn Coordinator and Ground Sp= eed=20 plus all the other GPS info. Aviation Consumer Magazine has established the= =20 airplane can be flown with a Panel Page as the sole reference. Seems to me=20= this=20 little piece of redundancy could be the most reliable and cost effective=20 piece of safety gear aboard. Steve, That device is a great backup (I have a friend that uses it as his=20 primary - the panel is his backup). Every year brings another advance - WAA= S,=20 semi-precision non-precision GPS approaches and "glide slope" management. T= hen=20 there is the promise of LAAS and in-flight Presidential TFR displays. My=20 panel, designed in the last century (92), implemented in 96, and upgraded in= 2001=20 (Garmin 430) will never be finished. =20 Of course, we must keep practicing with these things so they work for us whe= n=20 we need them. It is also the reason to over design the electrics - All the=20 future gizmos will be electric. Scott Krueger 2003 Air Venture Cup Racer #94 Sky2high@aol.com LNC2 N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) -------------------------------1058802147 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en
In a message dated 7/21/2003 8:41:50 AM Central Daylight Time,=20 colwells@comcast.net writes:

For less than $1000 a Garmin 196 GPS=20 with its 4 AA Batteries will not miss a beat.  The =E2=80=9CPanel Page=E2=80=9D has; for those of you wh= o may not have seen it,=20 a usable presentation of a HSI, VSI, Altimeter, Turn Coordinator and Ground=20 Speed plus all the other GPS info. =20 Aviation Consumer Magazine has established the airplane can be flown=20= with a=20 Panel Page as the sole reference. =20 Seems to me this little piece of redundancy could be the most reliabl= e and cost=20 effective piece of safety gear=20 aboard.

Steve,  That device is a great backup (I have a friend that uses i= t=20 as his primary - the panel is his backup).  Every year brings another=20 advance - WAAS, semi-precision non-precision GPS approaches and "glide slope= "=20 management.  Then there is the promise of LAAS and in-flight=20 Presidential TFR displays.  My panel, designed in the last century (92)= ,=20 implemented in 96, and upgraded in 2001 (Garmin 430) will never be finished.=  =20
 
Of course, we must keep practicing with these things so they work for u= s=20 when we need them.  It is also the reason to over design the electrics=20= -=20 All the future gizmos will be electric.
 
Scott=20 Krueger
2003 Air Venture Cup Racer #94
Sky2high@aol.com
LNC2 N92EX=20= IO320=20 Aurora, IL (KARR)
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