Re: Ideas
Reid Fairburn (cr_king_at_cr_king.seanet.com)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:14:00 -0700 (PDT)
At 09:55 PM 6/20/97 EDT, you wrote:
>Message text written by INTERNET:CRMDEEN_at_aol.com
>>Keep those ideas coming, gang.
>
>Okay, here's an idea, not necessarily on-topic, but one I think could prove
>interesting in a LOFT senario:
>
>Simulate a partial comm radio failure; reciever only. See how long it
takes for
>the problem to get diagnosed, and see if the crew tries listening to the VORs
>for messages.
>
>I'm not sure if this is a valid exercise, as I'm not familiar with the
>intricacies of the avionics on air carrier aircraft, but from my perspective
>(approach control), monitoring VORs for voice transmissions is a lost art.
>ESPECIALLY for those pilots enamored with GPS!
>
>If I'm off the mark, I'm sure some one will let me know.
>
>Brian J. Fallon
>NATCA Safety Representative, NY TRACON
>Associate Editor, The NATCA Voice
>http://www.natcavoice.org
>
>
-----Brian: I don't know if it is a lost art, but it sure is something
that I would do automatically. I suspect that any pilot who operated on the
old VOR only systems would be aware of this...the newer generation might
not. The question I would have now is which VORs still offer the voice
capability?
Good suggestion!
Reid Fairburn
Creative Kingdom, Inc.
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