Re: MEMS

[Grahamclk@aol.com]

In a message dated 23/02/2001 16:11:30 GMT Standard Time, 
hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk writes:


> why do I have to have a bloody great suction pump and a tonnage of whirling 
> dervishes in my dashboard just to get the same information

Good question - you don't - you just look outside - Your aircraft will 
shortly (if it doesn't already) have a placard "Daytime VFR only" at least in 
the UK.  Why be tempted to play airline captain and take your ice-prone 
aircraft into conditions for which it was not designed, heading for embedded 
CuNb's etc. Emergencies ?  ha, universally pilot promoted IMHO.

And GPS-driven map-displays don't need gryros either - mind you, a couple of 
anti-jamming homing missiles might be useful to stop the MoD periodically 
clobbering this otherwise universally available system provided at no cost by 
a generous external agency.  Awaiting the knock on the door....

G-EMIN