Yes – CFIT. CFIT was reduced when the GPWS system was developed. This is basically a depth finder for airplanes with an alarm for rising terrain. It used radar instead of sound to measure height. It worked great on gradually rising ground – a cliff not so much. Now we have TAWS which uses GPS and a terrain map. This can predict in advance what you might hit, which is much better. My S-H plotter I have got but not yet installed has a similar function to set an alarm if your course goes through shallow water. I haven’t yet tried that function. This is a sample of a modern GPS driven display: https://n999za.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sv-d1000_straight_on.jpg
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:31 AM To: Ronald B. Frerker; CnClist Subject: Re: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report Isn't the FAA phrase for that "controlled flight into terrain"? Dennis C. On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Airplanes only get grounded on mountains though. Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30-1 STL ________________________________ From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> To: sam.c.sal...@gmail.com<mailto:sam.c.sal...@gmail.com>; cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report That kind of mistake REALLY hurts in an airplane _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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