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sorrygottarunway · January 26th, 2005, 10:06

one of my early morning (we're talking 6:30am) students is now starting his cross countries in a 152 and has seen the new arrival of a 172SP with weather, traffic avoidance, 1 garmin 530 and on garmin 430. Being a technophile he started salivating! So, being curious about the plane myself, I'm taking him on a lesson in it for tomorrow.. but this is the thing he wants to take on his cross countries... however, my view was that for his first and second cross country, the only technology he should have is his brain, a written flight plan, and a stopwatch.

Am I, as a post-teenage CFI older fasioned than my student? Does the argument of safe technology really apply? I just want my student looking at a map, out the window, seeing how groundspeed is affected by wind. I know that GPS gives an instantaneous view of this- but what if the whole box goes kerplunk?

January 26th, 2005, 10:06	#1
sorrygottarunway Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DXR, Connecticut Posts: 1,194	lure of the gps one of my early morning (we're talking 6:30am) students is now starting his cross countries in a 152 and has seen the new arrival of a 172SP with weather, traffic avoidance, 1 garmin 530 and on garmin 430. Being a technophile he started salivating! So, being curious about the plane myself, I'm taking him on a lesson in it for tomorrow.. but this is the thing he wants to take on his cross countries... however, my view was that for his first and second cross country, the only technology he should have is his brain, a written flight plan, and a stopwatch. Am I, as a post-teenage CFI older fasioned than my student? Does the argument of safe technology really apply? I just want my student looking at a map, out the window, seeing how groundspeed is affected by wind. I know that GPS gives an instantaneous view of this- but what if the whole box goes kerplunk?