[Rhodes22-list] GPS

[brad haslett]

Hank,

When the French were demonstrating the first Airbus it
wasn't particularly impressive when the Chief Pilot
flew the airplane into the trees of the end of the
runway at the Paris show because "the jet is smarter
than the pilot".  I like my old bird, everything is
connected by cable to something, but alas, it has
about three years max left on the property.  We now
have some new technology coming (already installed on
the MD11) called RASS (don't ask me what it means)
that is a GPS based voice box that announces your
position on the ground.  It quickly won the name
"Bitchin' Betty" because it is so distracting. 
Progress, right?

Off to the Gulf, see ya!

Brad

--- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brad,
> 
> There is a little truth to the warnings.
> 
> Back when the blackhawk first came out, the wires
> that controlled the
> position of the stabilator (the big whale tail in
> the rear) ran in the same
> bundle as the antenna wire for the #2 FM radio.  The
> Stabilator slew between
> a position of 60 degrees down at a hover to 5
> degrees up at cruise
> (160kts).  Well, one of the early flight tests had
> the pilots flying along
> about 50ft off the ground at cruise speed and they
> keyed the radio to talk.
> This immediately sent the stabilator into a down
> mode and sent the aircraft
> plowing nose first into the ground. Think 10000lb
> lawn dart.
> 
> Needless to say, the wires are now on separate sides
> of the tailboom.
> 
> Hank
> 
> 
> On 2/10/06, brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hank,
> >
> > The 'Big O' lost credibility with me when she was
> > wailing at the Superdome about the atrocities that
> > were happening inside (which didn't happen) but
> then
> > she didn't have any credibility to begin with. 
> I'd
> > still marry her for her money however!
> >
> > I'm heading to the Gulf this morning right after
> my
> > simulator event.  The Benevolent Carpetbaggers
> need a
> > welder and I just purchased a new Hobart 20hp
> Kohler
> > powered unit to deliver today.  I listen to Ole
> Hank,
> > somewhere around channel 16 a good bit.  Driving
> > through middle and southern Mississippi its either
> XM
> > or listen to the  obituaries on local FM.
> >
> > The beauty of the combination of XM and GPS is the
> > real time map display of weather.  That would be
> more
> > valuable to me on the boat than navigation and
> much
> > better information than is available on my 580,000
> > pound jet.  We're strickly forbidden from carrying
> our
> > own GPS on board a commercial aircraft.  You know
> that
> > warning they always give you about turning off all
> > electronic devices because they will interfere
> with
> > the navigation equipment, blah, blah, blah - its
> BS.
> > You could fire up a nuclear reactor and it
> wouldn't
> > affect the steam ship guages I fly with.  But the
> > gubment says no!  Go figure.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > --- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Brad,
> > >
> > > I'm shocked!  You don't want to get in touch
> with
> > > your feminine side by
> > > listening to oprah!
> > >
> > > I like ch 46, top 20 rock from all eras, and
> highway
> > > 16 country.
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hank,
> > > >
> > > > That demonstrates how much I listen to Stern.
> > > I've
> > > > found XM radio about like satelite TV, you
> wind up
> > > > listening to about three or four primary
> stations
> > > and
> > > > the rest go unused.  Mine stays about 50% on
> the
> > > adult
> > > > rated comedy channel, the rest of the time on
> > > classic
> > > > rock and roll and news.  XM did bag Oprah this
> > > week.
> > > > Another channel that will go unused on my
> watch.
> > > >
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > > > --- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "...Howard Stern.  By the way, he is
> exclusive
> > > to
> > > > > Sirius (only cost them
> > > > > > 500
> > > > > > million).  Can't get him on XM."
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Which is why I bought XM and not Sirius!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Hank
> > > > >
> > >
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