Just a thought: I am getting lower and closer to the numbers and a voice in my head says, "I appear to be going too fast." Indoctrination says, "Trust your instruments (airspeed indicator. ")

Instrument integration, in an effort to make use of both contact and instrument situational awareness, perhaps has overloaded us with instrument situational awareness. Who understands the term "contact " nowadays? Who still listens to the voices in his head?

I try, they seem spot on 99% of the time [emoji39]


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I just recently purchased an Ipad 4 mini, Foreflight, and the Stratus 2 receiver to go with it. Have had it in the airplane a few times while flying. Very incredible information and situational awareness tool.

Currently flying a Scout, T182RG and a Glasair III out of our home grass strip in north east BC. Flew the Scout nearly every day in an off airport environment for 25 plus years. Had the new electronic gear on in the Scout a week ago on a pleasure trip to a remote strip I have been flying into for nearly 30 years. Strip is rough, narrow, short. Absolutely amazing information as we were travelling to the destination. Turned it off as I was turning final as I found it distracting.

I have been very fortunate to have been taught "contact flying" very early in my flying journey. We did not refer to it then by that term, but the effect was, and is, the same. If you are going to use an airplane to it's capacities, you have to explore the edge of the envelope. You have to slow it down to understand what those limits are. Every takeoff I have ever made, (other than earning my licence and unlearning my already ingrained "bad" habits), has been a "ground effect takeoff". I believe I have been using the "brisk walk rate of closure" approach every time as well. Just didn't use that terminology.

All of the new technology is wonderful. It has taken all of the effort out of planning and flying cross country. The amount of information available at your finger tips is astounding and valuable. However, on short VFR final into ANY landing site, you had best have your eyes outside. I very rarely look at the airspeed indicator, or any other instrument, past mid final.

Jim, I have read both your ebook and your print book, my wife ordered me a copy of your print book after hearing me rave about the ebook, finished it a few days ago. I cannot recommend either enough.

So, yes! There are still some of us out there listening to the "voices in our heads".

Always listened to the little voice in my head. I am sure I am here today because of it. It started out saying "WTF u doing here." In the early days I would wait until it repeated it self 3 times before turning around. As the years went by I would turn around the second time I heard it. At the end I turned around the first time. I agree about looking outside on final. During a 135 ck ride FAA guy asked me what airspeed I used on final told him I didn't know never looked at it. He said oh....