Originally Posted by
Eck4Life
Needle, ball, and airspeed? I'm only old enough to rely on that in an emergency and I guarantee you that I would not look forward to doing it IMC in the 'real' world. Heard a guy on the radio kill himself and his family a few years back right before Thanksgiving trying to resurrect those skills. As much as we like to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for being able to do things 'old school', technology is a great thing.
A ballistic chute would have saved the day in that incident. Progress is a good thing. It is okay to let go of attitude instrument skills in trade for such advancements. I can not use an E6-B nor can I navigate using a sextant.
Skyhigh