PILOT SPIN
Pilot Zone => Pilot Zone => Topic started by: Little Joe on March 23, 2016, 11:57:42 AM
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It has been a while since I have seen an aviation related post here, so here is one:
Yesterday my wife and I were up in the Bonanza. She asked where I would land if the engine quit right now. I looked at my IPAD at the field I have for "nearest" airport. We were about 3 miles SW of a private runway, but I couldn't find it.
My suggestion to Foreflight was that they make the contents of that field a hyper link that would paint a magenta line from my position to that nearest airport, and paint the extended runway center lines. I said it would also help if they were to display some basic info like surface type (grass, asphalt ...) and runway length. I'm not sure I'd put down on a 1,000 ft grass strip if there is another more suitable place, off airport.
What do you think of that idea?
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Garmin Pilot has a "NRST" button at the top of its map page, and when you click on it, it immediately shadows down the map and highlights the airports nearest to your current position. Even the little grass strips that aren't on the IFR map will suddenly show up on your map clear as a bell even if you're on an L-chart instead of a sectional. Then you just click on the closest airport to you, tap once, and it will draw a line for you, tell you what heading to go to, how many miles away it is, draw out the extended centerlines of the runway, and bring the name and info up at the top of your page so one more tap on that will give you the field elevation, frequency, runway numbers and lengths, and pattern altitude at once glance. It's pretty handy. If ForeFlight doesn't have something like that, they probably will soon.
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It has been a while since I have seen an aviation related post here, so here is one:
Yesterday my wife and I were up in the Bonanza. She asked where I would land if the engine quit right now. I looked at my IPAD at the field I have for "nearest" airport. We were about 3 miles SW of a private runway, but I couldn't find it.
My suggestion to Foreflight was that they make the contents of that field a hyper link that would paint a magenta line from my position to that nearest airport, and paint the extended runway center lines. I said it would also help if they were to display some basic info like surface type (grass, asphalt ...) and runway length. I'm not sure I'd put down on a 1,000 ft grass strip if there is another more suitable place, off airport.
What do you think of that idea?
Great idea, Joe.
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I like it, because as a right-seater, engine failure is one of my top fears.
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Idea: how about because FF is aware of your airframe it knows your glide range based upon altitude and TAS winds aloft. Then it could draw a ring around all of your possible landing spots in the sectional.
I don't think they'll do a recommendation to the airport you could conceivably land at unless it was a C or B airport, someone could have trouble enroute and claim they were following FFs recommended landing spot and want to sue rather than make their own PIC decisions.
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I like it, because as a right-seater, engine failure is one of my top fears.
What's the longest XC you've taken? We flew from DC-Hampton, Va - KATL. By the time we arrived my stress levels had gone south, and I'm a pilot.
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I like it, because as a right-seater, engine failure is one of my top fears.
It really is statistically a very small occurrence, but you an your left seat partner, husband I assume, should practice engine out procedures regularly and stay proficient. That helps ease the stress. I also like the idea from Little Joe. My Garmin has a NRST function, but I think most aviation GPS's have that.