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Real World Wrong Airport !!!

Postby Jetranger » Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:22 am

Well, now I feel better :D

thought I was the only one :shock: so I ended up in Florida, when I should of been in California :D

Got my North & South mixed up, I mean, my East & West :o

think I got my up & down figured out tho !

according to this Latest News article - I'm NOT the only Dummy :D

http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/national/pilots-often-head-to-wrong-airports-reports-show
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Re: Real World Wrong Airport !!!

Postby Fozzer » Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:22 am

Quote:
You've got these runway lights, and you are looking at them, and they're saying: `Come to me, come to me. I will let you land.' They're like the sirens of the ocean," said Michael Barr, a former Air Force pilot who teaches aviation safety at the University of Southern California".
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The all-too common; "Get-Down-Itus" syndrome!.... :o ...!

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Re: Real World Wrong Airport !!!

Postby Jetranger » Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:10 am

NOTICE :

I believe I have found a Problem with my GPS thingy may jobber - du-flunky :? :?

I think my "GPS" is somewhat "Different" than what the rest of you pilots use ???

Heres what my GPS looks like and how it works , maybe - this is the problem , I Dunno' ???

somebody wanna have a look !

I made a short Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOu4PJW39BQ
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