Zzz wrote:North up for life.

I don't really like using tablets in the cockpit. Call me weird.

Barnstormer wrote:Paper sectionals? Really? Why? You have sectionals stored on your tablet and your phone. You can run off the end of a paper sectional. You'll need to leave America to run off the sectionals in your "device".

CAVU wrote:

Zzz wrote:North up for life.

I don't really like using tablets in the cockpit. Call me weird.

Ok. You're weird.

One of the nice things I've collected over the years is the combo Great Falls/Salt Lake sectional excerpt for central Idaho provided by MountainCanyonFlying in McCall. When I first was learning that area (pre-GPS and without Loran), it was annoying to mess with two different sectionals. The iPad has eliminated that problem--as long as it stays charged (learned the hard way that neither the cigar lighter usb adapter nor the LIon battery pack will provide much, if any, charge to my iPad.) I now have hardwired USB charging ports now, so the iPad stays pretty even as long as I keep some airflow on it to prevent overheating.

I still have the Payette NF map and use it to refresh on drainages and landmarks when I've been away for a while. I used to remember all of that stuff.

Good tip, I've dealt with that issue for years, living where I do, and even at 85 MPH it seems like I'm always changing charts! Never heard of a combo chart before, I assume it's a one off thing by MCF? Good on them for thinking outside the box and taking things into their own hands.

One thing I noticed a few weeks ago was that ship-to-ship ADS-B works remarkably well even down in the canyons. It doesn't capture everyone, but it's a nice supplement. I assume that the diddling of the GPS signal will trash that traffic information.

CAVU

lefoy84 wrote:I flew in Korea as a Forward Air Controller. No GPS in 1978. We flew in the area right below the DMZ with a 25 lb map bag of 1:50,000 maps. Have we gotten that lazy? The military is doing this to see what goes down when GPS goes out.

CAVU wrote: ...One of the nice things I've collected over the years is the combo Great Falls/Salt Lake sectional excerpt for central Idaho provided by MountainCanyonFlying in McCall. . ...