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My New Toy (Calling all Pilots)

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by chale, Apr 12, 2010.

  1. chale

    chale Junior Member

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    In my recent trolling, I know I saw some pilots on PriusChat... Just wanted to give a shout out and show off the new toy that came in today, a Garmin Aera 500.


    errrm....I would link a picture, but the msg board won't let noobs link site/pics right away. I'm obviously going to use this in the plane exclusively, even though it's road-ready. (I might turn it on going to the airport just for fun though)

    Anyhow, blue skies and tailwinds, mi amigos! :plane:
     
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    Welcome to Prius Chat Chale, from a former (like 44 years ago!) student pilot.

    Here's a pic I found of the Aera 500.
     

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    What, no more VorTacs and Lorans? What is the world coming to?
     
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    I'm actually almost done with studying for my private license, so I can tell you that we still have to learn how to use VORs and NDBs(!!!). Only a perfunctory knowledge of how GPS works is required for the test, even though you'd be a little foolish to not use it if at all possible.

    I just flew a 70nm trip from Long Island to Poughkeepsie as a solo student flight on Sunday. As my GPS came in the mail today, I had to do the navigation using only VORs and whatever help the sectional chart could give me in the way of landmarks. (Though since it was a hazy day it turned out to be not much help at all...)
     
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    coolio .. my neighbor is lead designer in the avionics department at GARMIN - infact I am 3 miles from Garmin HQ + 1 mile from Johnson County Executive Airport - where they test all this stuff ... this is Garmin country ... and Sprint ...
     
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    paprius4030 My first Prius

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    This is so funny. When I was learning in a Piper Colt the Narco Superhomer with whistle stop tuning was the cats nice person!
     
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    I remember drawing wind triangles with pencil, paper, and a protractor! Hand-held calculators did not exist yet, and even in science fiction, computers were the size of a room. Dick Tracey had been using a wrist radio in the comics for decades, but not even in the comics had anyone imagined a hand-held calculator or desktop computer.
     
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    Brings back great memories. I got my ticket in 1986 and I bought a C152 that I kept at ISP. I leased it back to a flying school so I could get a little revenue to pay for my air time.

    I need to get current as I sold the plane a number of years ago. I think renting makes much more sense especially if you don't fly too often.

    My Xcountry was ISP-->ALB--->Somewhere in MASS (I forgot) and then back to ISP. I miss it :(
     
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    I haven't gone down that road, so to speak, but put myself in
    a "vague wannabe" class WRT flying and fervently wish that the
    same thoroughness of training and licensing criteria would also
    apply to motor vehicle drivers on the public ways. A pilot
    that screws around or "tailgates" in traffic patterns would
    lose his ticket within seconds of touching down, and we need
    that sort of thinking on the roads...
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    _H*
     
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    Wow I fly out of ISP as well... I belong to a flying club called GACE. My buddy did the same XC route that you did. Who knows maybe you have the same CFI?? :) I have a night XC with my instructor on Thursday to Westery State in RI. (KWST) I think my long XC will be ISP-POU-GON-ISP.

    Man it's cool to have someone who knows this crazy airspace on these boards! :)
     
    #11 chale, Apr 13, 2010
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