On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:58 PM, James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>wrote: > > > All the old farts are going to be set and the kiddies wont know what to do > with a paper chart or map. Just stay off airliners. > I quit flying on airliners when the cute blonde in the front right seat wanted to know "what's a Luscombe" when I mentioned that I'm a pilot. Her boss, in the left seat, just shook his head. I do trust any who are glider pilots too but I'm thinking there might not be many of those. One recent famous one but no one seems to have figured out that it might have been instrumental in his ability to fly a glider with a couple of hundred passengers but I'm still wondering if the FAA is going to ding him for not having a floatplane endorsement. As far as GPS goes, I have a sextant around here somewhere. But since they still have Loran C on line I'd be willing to bet that this is just a US Navy misinformation campaign; I heard that the Navy wants their own satellite navigation system because, apparently, they think that having something that covers places like Wyoming and Nebraska are just plain wasteful. As my son said when I was demonstrating how we once slide rules to do our math, "Gee... why didn't you just use a calculator?" Craig Jungers Cranky in Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 19 2009 - 15:47:58 PDT
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