November 16, 20178 yr On 11/14/2017 at 2:39 AM, PlanePhlyer said: You mean to tell me pictures of NDBs and ADF equipment is out of date? Next you're probably going to say fix-to-fixes are archaic too. *sarcasm* Unless you fly the Eagle. Still rockin the fix to fix because they won't upgrade us to GPS. [whining] Every time we go cross country (ANG so XC for all my friends!!) it's the same story. "Jazz01, cleared direct BISBY" "Jazz1, unable - need a vector, a navaid or the lat/long" "Oh, ok, um... Jazz01 cleared direct FTBOL then." "ugh.... Jazz1 unable FTBOL - I don't have GPS, cannot go to a GPS point" "Uhhhh, well lets see, uh....Jazz1 fly heading 260" "260, Jazz1" "Jazz1 contact Memphis on 124.8..." "(doh!) Jazz1 still needs a Uniform freq..." [/whining]
November 16, 20178 yr 21 minutes ago, EvilEagle said: [whining] Every time we go cross country (ANG so XC for all my friends!!) it's the same story. "Jazz01, cleared direct BISBY" "Jazz1, unable - need a vector, a navaid or the lat/long" "Oh, ok, um... Jazz01 cleared direct FTBOL then." "ugh.... Jazz1 unable FTBOL - I don't have GPS, cannot go to a GPS point" "Uhhhh, well lets see, uh....Jazz1 fly heading 260" "260, Jazz1" "Jazz1 contact Memphis on 124.8..." "(doh!) Jazz1 still needs a Uniform freq..." [/whining] Only funny because it's true. So much for comm brevity! lol
November 20, 20178 yr I've also used the following line: "I have 6 feet of charts, but only 2 feet of cockpit. Request a vector."
November 20, 20178 yr Author I once used “unable, the FMS is loaded from a floppy drive and doesn’t have that point.”
November 20, 20178 yr That's hilarious! Rumor has it that the NGA is looking at trying really hard to maybe get a real worldwide database for the FMS. Holding my breath...
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