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Post by olderndirt on Mar 23, 2024 21:32:58 GMT -5
A B738 on its way to 'on top'. Serious turbulence requires the indignity of having to 'hand fly' but it'll be over soon with the arrival of blue skies.   |
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Post by pivo11 on Mar 24, 2024 2:42:12 GMT -5
Hand fly an airliner? A rare thing, indeed. Actually, I don't know how much is automated these days. Probably quite a lot.
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Post by olderndirt on Mar 24, 2024 14:28:26 GMT -5
Hand fly an airliner? A rare thing, indeed. Actually, I don't know how much is automated these days. Probably quite a lot.
My buddy in Anchorage, flew 74's for UPS, said AP is engaged before 'after departure checklist' and normally stays engaged 'til 'runway in sight-short final', so it's mainly pushing buttons and turning knobs with the 'pilot not flying' working the radio, raising/lowering gear and flaps. |
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Post by Bushpounder on Mar 24, 2024 15:33:59 GMT -5
Agree. About 200', AP is on. The key is the programing of the flight plan which is something I am trying to learn on a 737. Cool stuff. One day I'll get it right! LOL!
BP;)
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Post by olderndirt on Mar 24, 2024 19:38:26 GMT -5
Agree. About 200', AP is on. The key is the programing of the flight plan which is something I am trying to learn on a 737. Cool stuff. One day I'll get it right! LOL! BP;) Remember my first and only GPS - had a little antenna you suctioned to the windshield. Took a while to program waypoints (got the coordinates from a sectional) - fun giving them a name. My Alaska flying friends used 'group' waypoints for routes so we could rendezvous on flights. My first trip I was flabbergasted at this gadget's accuracy - weather permitting, a real gas saver. |
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