Wow, thanks for reminding me how hard I work and why I've been part of a two
man crew for the last
30 years.
Jim - K9DD
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger
To: amps@contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Not free QWERTY
....I saw a note in the paper that new students rarely use wrist watches.
What do they use? The watch is far more convenient than a
PDA/I-pod/i-phone/cell phone. I can just see me on an instrument
approach, when ATC comes on as I pass the outer marker on the ILS with a
long clearance "which I have to read back" while trying keep both the
glide slope and localizer needles centered at 120 mph, to check the time
(I have to time the approach from the outer marker in just in case I
lose the glide slope) on something less convenient than a wrist watch or
the panel clock (which is analog)
As an FYI the Outer marker is usually about 5 miles from the middle
marker which is over the landing end of the runway and should be where
you reach what is called Decision Height (DH) where you have to see the
runway or climb back up on what is called a missed approach. The Outer
marker is where the pilot is by far the busiest on top of having ATC
giving what is usually one of the longer clearances. You have to "read
back"/repeat the entire clearance back to ATC so they know you received
and understood it. That means while all of this was going on you were
writing down the clearance,
Ah, how times change.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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