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FAA Tells Pilots To Go Analogue As GNSS ‘Spoofing’ Incidents Increase
The Federal Aviation Administration is advising pilots to prepare to use conventional navigational aids to manage the risks of ‘spoofing’ attacks on global positioning systems and global navigation satellite systems. (www.forbes.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I keep saying that the more we move forward, the more we move backwards. While electronics are great for many things including navigation, one must be able to plot a course out with conventional, paper means and know how to stay on said course, especially if the electronics get corrupted somehow.
Well said, sir.
I often wonder how many of our newly minted commercial pilots can actually use an "E6B"?
I often wonder how many of our newly minted commercial pilots can actually use an "E6B"?
I have my father's. He wanted to be a pilot in the AF, but due to hearing issues, couldn't, and didn't want to be a just a navigator I believe. I barely know how to use it and I am not a pilot. He instead went on to become a photo-interpreter and created strike packages from recce film, including for Cuba.
I don't have any certification but have the E6B because I was interested in emulating the calculations. I refrained from sending it to my niece's daughter (who is preparing to enter the industry) but with this announcement I will rethink about it. (She's in Europe)
Knowing how is required in training, is it not? I bet newly minted pilots can use one more effectively than ones who have been on the job for a couple years.
I would say that now, they should start taking refresher courses on how to use it then, so as to be able to keep said knowledge fresh.
How many engineers still know how to use a slide rule? How many people can use a mechanical typewriter? I learned with a mechanical E6B, and it was great... But there really isn't a good reason to teach it anymore. Just like ADF navigation. At one time it was everywhere, good luck finding a NDB nowadays. It's called progress.
A few years back I actually used mine, after 18 years if carrying it in my bag, we couldn’t figure out with the what the mach number at new requested altitude would be. Which was required for oceanic clearance. With the old whizzwheel it was a matter of seconds.