Re: Navigation strategy on a short flight

On Jul 4, 5:56 pm, Mxsmanic <mxsma...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
a writes:
This sim flyer thinks, from about 2400 feet above ground level he has
an 8 mile gliding range in a 152.

No, from 5500 feet, which was my original filed altitude. That figure comes
directly from the POH. Best glide is 60 KIAS, with flaps up, and the glide
distance is 8 nm at 5000 feet AGL.

No CFI would sign off on a pilot who was aiming at a field 8 miles away..

Jet airliners routinely aim at fields nearly 100 miles away while gliding down
to a landing.

At best there would be only 1500
feet of vertical allowed before a pilot  had better be over the
intended unimproved field rather than stalling in on short final to a
nice airport 8 miles away.

Emergency situations have a way of not respecting the rules.

This same sim flyer thinks our circular slide rules are difficult to
use. Would any CFI sign a student off on a solo cross country who
could not use one?

Because he had a calculator?

Should a CFI sign off a student who needs a slide rule to do his calculations?
Shouldn't he be able to do them on paper with a pencil?

I have a stack of those, and can
'relive' any flight I where I was PIC from about my 200 hours total
time point until now by looking at the notes.

You can simulate the flights, in other words. But what's the purpose of
simulation if it is so unlike real life?

Look at your first post -- did you not write 3500? There is a history
of pilots crashing while trying to extend their range.

I and others frequently use our EB6s en route -- it's part of safe
flying and it's routine.

You've demonstrated your contempt for the training pilots undergo to
become certified. Too bad, those who don't learn from other people's
mistakes -- that's a working definition of education -- will find
themselves repeating them. Your occasional worthwhile post is far
overshadowed by your frequent errors -- this thread certainly
demonstrates that.

Pitiful, simply pitiful. You would likely benefit from professional
help -- someone with your apparent intelligence should have a life
that consists of more than sim flight as recreation.
.

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