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Cessna 172: Still Relevant
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wrote 1 year 21 weeks ago
I have watched the price of airplanes for over 30 years. The new (old) C172 at $307k is ridiculous and has priced most entry level buyers out of the market. The culprit here is not Cessna, they are the victim. The culprit is our over active congress and our greedy lawyers who have punished aircraft manufacturers at every turn. I am really surprised Cessna is still in business.
The Last Word on Downwind Turns, Really
from skycop56
wrote 16 weeks 6 days ago
Obviously Garrison is pulling our leg. It must be April 1
Meigs Field
from skycop56
wrote 12 weeks 9 hours ago
Daley was a monarch and a bastard prince. He was given total power by the stupid voters of Chicago and the city is suffering because of him. The Meigs closing can be reversed however if enough pilots and aviation fans exert pressure on the real powers in Chicago. Those powers are the many corporations that used the field and will again.
Top 50 Navigation Innovations
from skycop56
wrote 10 weeks 4 days ago
Without a doubt GPS is the most important aid to navigation in the history of flight. I was in the NAVY back in the 1960s and we used celestial nav on long over water flights. It was often impossible, due to weather, to get a star shot, so we had to fall back on dead reckoning, using our calculated true airspeed and heading, but having to guess at the winds. Needless to say, we were often way off course and sometimes finding those little islands in the vast Pacific ocean was iffy. Now, with just a cheap little hand held GPS, I can see my exact position anywhere on the face of the globe, plus know my exact ground speed and track. Amazing indeed.
I use ForeFlight on an iPad and have at my fingertips information we would have traded our left arms for back in old days. Pilots today will never again get lost in that vast ocean we call the atmosphere.
Top 50 Navigation Innovations
from skycop56
wrote 9 weeks 5 days ago
.Without a doubt GPS is the most important aid to navigation in the history of flight. I was in the NAVY back in the 1960s and we used celestial nav on long over water flights. It was often impossible, due to weather, to get a star shot, so we had to fall back on dead reckoning, using our calculated true airspeed and heading, but having to guess at the winds. Needless to say, we were often way off course and sometimes finding those little islands in the vast Pacific ocean was iffy. Now, with just a cheap little hand held GPS, I can see my exact position anywhere on the face of the globe, plus know my exact ground speed and track. Amazing indeed. I use ForeFlight on an iPad and have at my fingertips information we would have traded our left arms for back in old days. Pilots today will never again get lost in that vast ocean we call the atmosphere.
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