Ever have one..

[Horatio]

you know, one of THOSE days? I did yesterday. First cross country in umpteen years and I leave the sectional on the hangar desk! Doh!

Fortunately it was a short flight and the checkpoints showed up where I thought they would.

[drseti]

Well, there's one more thing to add to your pre-takeoff checklist.

[FastEddieB]

Good reason to have WingXPro 7 or Forflight or other chart service on an iPhone or iPad or other portable device.

I use WingXPro7 on my iPhone and iPad, so as to always have current charts. My trip to Page last Oct was my first without paper charts and it worked out just fine.

[drseti]

My trip to Page last Oct was my first without paper charts and it worked out just fine.

I tried the same a year and a half ago enroute to Sport Expo. I was nervous about not having paper backup, but needn't have been. WingX plus a Garmin 296 were all the redundancy I needed. (Of course, there was also my Blackberry GPS just in case.)

[designrs]

Paper whaaaat? Oh yeah, that floppy thing that you bring for your checkride!
It's nice for no glare, but fails to simply tell you where the hell you are at!



(Prefer 4X electronic redundant... GPS, iPad, iPhone, and iPad Mini fed by either of 2 GPS receivers, or the built in GPS if everything else failed).

[Horatio]

Paper whaaaat? Oh yeah, that floppy thing that you bring for your checkride!
It's nice for no glare, but fails to simply tell you where the hell you are at!



(Prefer 4X electronic redundant... GPS, iPad, iPhone, and iPad Mini fed by either of 2 GPS receivers, or the built in GPS if everything else failed).

I'm prepared with the electronic versions, but my instructor is a stickler for the basics. The Champ has a wet compass and that's it. It does have a handheld radio and PTT on the stick, so I can't complain too much.

Well, there's one more thing to add to your pre-takeoff checklist.

Amen! That's why the use of checklists is the sign of a responsible pilot (or so I'm told).

I did remember to bring my navigation log...