Yes! Very. I was on an instrument rated flight one stormy night in pea soup fog and lost all telemetry except compass, altimeter and transponder. Managed to land the plane, but it was NOT fun. An analog backup for attitude showing position and horizon would have been very helpful.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Jacob<[email protected]> wrote: > > Pretty important at night, in a storm, without having any visual reference > to the ground. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:51 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: They lost an airplane??? > In its simplest terms,Attitude will tell you whether the plane is > pointing up or down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
