The longest hour....

[RJBrown]

I hear a bunch of you here saying " Don't worry about REAL pilot skills just buy a new dash toy instead" Isn't that what crashed that Korean Air 777?

Replacing true pilot skill with glass instruments will, in the long run, prove to be less safe.

 I kept the ADF going in both my planes just for training. You are current AND competent once you can shoot a partial panel approach with just a compass, an ADF and a turn coordinator. Don't kid yourself even if you never need to actually shoot such and approach for real the skills needed to do it will serve to make you a better pilot across the board.

 Adding new and better toys to the panel IS a great thing just don't scrimp on the most important piece of safety equipment in the plane, YOU.

[John Pleisse]

 What...you trying to make all the guys who put more $$$ into their panels so they won't get lost 4 or 5 times over, than some of them paid for their planes? Oh, the humanity

 

Well, I did, Gary!!!! I spent a lot....no remorse, no regret, just wouldn't do it again........ I had no choice though...a crappy RC Allen AI and a 20 year old Century NSD on the fritz. If I had been King equipped, maybe I wouldn't have made the upgrade. Don't get me wrong...the Aspen stuff is great and glass can help (ex: broader, more exact pitch interpretation, which really dialed me in). Doesn't matter now....stuck with it and will not get my money back.

[fantom]

Well, I did, Gary!!!!......Doesn't matter now....stuck with it and will not get my money back.

 

Exactly, so enjoy it

[Marauder]

Well, I did, Gary!!!! I spent a lot....no remorse, no regret, just wouldn't do it again........ I had no choice though...a crappy RC Allen AI and a 20 year old Century NSD on the fritz. If I had been King equipped, maybe I wouldn't have made the upgrade. Don't get me wrong...the Aspen stuff is great and glass can help (ex: broader, more exact pitch interpretation, which really dialed me in). Doesn't matter now....stuck with it and will not get my money back.

The pitch information on the Aspen was a bit of a wake-up call for me as well. My mechanical AI seems to barely move off of the level pitch indication for a Vy climb. The Aspen moves a lot of real estate on the AI during a climb. I think it is easier to use because it does show greater movement than the mechanical one.