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What the iPad Ain't
from dmanuel
wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago
cbitterfield: I received an ad last week (I don't know how effective it is and I do not work for this company) but it seems to answer your question.
The highly anticipated Flight Guide FLY-Wi GPS is here! The FLY-Wi GPS incorporates both an aviation grade WAAS GPS, as well as a transmitter that communicates wirelessly with the iPad via Wi-Fi creating a Wi-Fi "hot spot" within your cockpit! This wireless connection allows for iPad mobility, no wires to fuss with. The Flight Guide FLY-Wi GPS enables the new Moving Map feature in Flight Guide iEFB Version 2.0 to display your position on all Sectionals and IFR Low & High Enroute seamless charts. Future iEFB App updates will also display your position on all Instrument Approaches as well as Flight Guide's nearly 5000 Airport Diagrams!
Birds of a Feather
from dmanuel
wrote 1 year 26 weeks ago
I think DuckR1 has a point. If there is a way to positively use data, someone will find a way to also misuse that vewry same data. I wonder if the data showed a concentration of bird strikes at certain airports, if there would be a call (in the 'interest of public safety') to close that airport. Immagine a newspaper headline ' of the pilots flying out of airport XYZ, who participated in this study, 100% reported hitting birds'. So one report could be spun to the point of panicing an uneducted public.
User Fees Resurface in Obama’s New Budget
from dmanuel
wrote 1 year 13 weeks ago
I know it will impact my IFR flying. I am curious about the fee relative to the statement 'in controlled airspace'. Does that mean VFR in Class E ( which is technically controlled airspace)? If we start paying this fee, are we going to get better service? If the fee causes a reduction in IFR traffic (assuming IFR flight is actually the targeted traffic), would that cause a reduction in the required FAA personnel?
FAA Encouraging Controllers to Report Errors
from dmanuel
wrote 1 year 9 weeks ago
Does reporting work both ways (pilots reporting controllers)?
How many businesses reward employees that report errors made by their customers?
Do you think the ATC folks have heard adage 'no controllers, pilots will still fly, but no pilots there is no need for controllers'?
Controller Error Triggers Close Call Between Airliners at Reagan
from dmanuel
wrote 41 weeks 6 days ago
I suspect his expression of concern was more related to the line of thunderstorms approaching the airport and his expectation of extended vectoring, not wanting to get down to the level of being forced into declaring minimum or emergency fuel.
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