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At 12:33 AM 11/29/2004, Tim and Martha Briggs wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > > >Ercoupers: > >I feel compelled to reply to to this. > >William R. Bayne said: >"Are we as good as they were? Probably not, which is one of my >recurring points. We should be." > >I agree that in many respects the earlier pilots, some of them our fathers >and grandfathers were perhaps better in many respects - stick and rudder >skills, tailwheels and off-field landings in a farmer's field being routine >operations. But flying GA today is different animal in so many respects >that I don't feel it is an apples to apples comparison.\ We do have some substantial advantages. 1) Most of us are flying with GPS, often very sophisticated GPS units which essentially remove many miscalculations of time and distance, finding strange airports, etc. Yes, some say it's a 'crutch' but having a read-out that says "You'll be at your next fuel stop in 43 minutes, at this rate" eliminates a certain number of 'brain farts." It also means you're not likely to spend down your fuel reserve locating the grass strip down in the valley amidst the trees. Dad and Grandpa had basically Dead Reckoning. 2) 50 years of GA wisdom. Don't discount this. On the judgment side of things, pilots are better educated today, due to the AOPA/ASF, and guys like Richard Collins and our own Jerry Eichenberger. We have learned something, collectively. Greg ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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