VFR to Europe ?

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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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... the IFR GPS is probably needed (desirable) for the En Route Operation
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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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The thing is that without some people risking their lives and paying the price by dying we would not be where we are. There would be nothing to fly on
Yes, people have died in planes. I've picked a couple of them up afterwords. But, I can assure you that many, many planes, and operations, have been very successfully developed with no accidents, fatalities, or craziness.
And yes, that's pretty much what I had in mind for the "experienced pilot". Although I want to prepare everything myself, including renewing my Instrument, and to really do this with the other pilot as a safety pilot.
Good thinking. Once you have chosen that pilot, conceal anything in your character which indicates "craziness", or they're not going to fly with you (or if they will, you shouldn't fly with them!).
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stol701 wrote: I was looking the approaches in Greenland. There are no GPS approaches there. So it seems ADF and VOR/DME will be better + a VFR GPS (or two) as aid.
An IFR GPS installation has to have - amongst other things - a CDI-type navigation display in the pilot's main view. A GPS installed for VFR can be anywhere in the plane, and doesn't need a display other than the front panel of the unit.

If you're going to fly an NDB approach between the rocks, and you don't dial up the NDB on the GPS, there's something wrong with your thinking. At that point, having the CDI-type display to show you deviation from the inbound course will be a big help. A VFR GPS won't have that. You really do want the full IFR installation for any approach, even if it's "supporting" an ADF.

DME is helpful in one or two places, but won't tell you anything a GPS won't. VOR itself not very useful. I think Sonderstrom has a LOC approach.
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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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Thank you
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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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This guy did it in single seat homemade helicopter.

JD


http://flyin.airventure.org/news/2010/1 ... rench.html
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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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PilotDAR wrote:
Craziness is an important ingredient of life... and flying
....May be why Transatlantic insurance is hard to get, and the occasional C 150 does not make it home from the east, at night.

In no part of my 39 years of flying, has craziness been an important ingredient.
I'm all for adventure, but want my flights to be rather boring and predictable. Too much excitement can ---- quickly move beyond excitement.

This type of trip is very interesting to me, but I'd want plans, contingency plans, survival plans, back doors, escape routes, and enough Nav and safety equipment to overload a 747. And a lot of consulting with those who had been there and done that.
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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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An IFR Garmin 430 is being installed now. One more thing to study now.

Thank you, photofly
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Re: VFR to Europe ?

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Rookie50 wrote: This type of trip is very interesting to me, but I'd want plans, contingency plans, survival plans, back doors, escape routes, and enough Nav and safety equipment to overload a 747. And a lot of consulting with those who had been there and done that.
All these things are available.
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