Bob Ackley -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 BA> Replying to a message of Ed Hulett to Stan Hardegree:

 EH>> Stan Hardegree -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 SH>>>> Yes.  Instrument approaches (NDB, VOR, ISL) do not
require radios or
 SH>>>> radar, Reject.

 EH>>>> None of the instruments used during IFR are radios or radar.

 SH>>> No, they are non directional (NDB) or directional beacons (VOR, ILS).
 SH>>> I mant ILS above, which provides glide slope information as well as
 SH>>> directional information.  You can fly these approaches without a
 SH>>> radio.

 EH>> So the claims of a radar tech and a radio tech are baseless. But what
 EH>> can we expect from the Bobs?

 BA> More than you can expect from a pilot that's perfectly content with
risking his
 BA> *ss and one or more other people's *sses flying blind without radar or radio
 BA> control or contact.  There are *other* aircraft about, y'know, and
antenna towers
 BA> (and the guylines that hold them up, one such tower about 20 miles
north of here
 BA> is 1,100 feet tall).

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Are you suggesting that without a radio or radar an aircraft shouldn't
leave the ground?

Do you know how many private aircraft that fly with neither a radio or a
radar in uncontrolled skies?

I can see why you aren't a pilot.

Ed

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