X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3686982 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:18:43 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.121; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.19] (really [66.57.38.121]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090618161808166.ERWQ22702@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:18:08 +0000 Message-ID: <4A3A694C.6050300@nc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:20:28 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: MotionX-GPS as a flight instrument? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ed Anderson wrote: > > iPhone? I don’t even have an iPod and have not figured out all the > features on my 3 year old cell phone. Beginning to feel like I am > falling (have fallen) behind the technology curve on consumer > electronics – no, don’t have and LCD, LED or Plasma TV either {:>). > > A number of guys on the RV list mention using some Amateur Radio > network and a gadget to track their flights in real time – apparently > anyone can follow the flight path over the internet – look out Flight > Following, technology may render you obsolete. > > Ed > Don't feel bad, Ed. I just got my first cell phone about a month ago. Business partner made me do it...mostly for the data access. I don't understand the imperative to pay huge sums of money to listen to music that I can get for free over the radio, or to be hounded by people wanting me to do stuff while I'm driving. But that's just me. -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org