(Er, not very concise but I'm sure everyone can see my point.)

 

Not quite. The discussion isn't about ridding the world of the gate number. The discussion was about the redundancy of the database onboard that imports the GPS position based on the crew entering a gate number.

Kyle,

 

I guess you don't want to go back to INS and Doppler with the DME/DME updates?   :smile:

 

I can remember flying an R4-D that had a navigation dome.  Now that's ol' school.

 

I don't ever remember any of my DOD plates having gate numbers on them.  We some times had access to Jepps that did.

 

blaustern

 

 

I guess you don't want to go back to INS and Doppler with the DME/DME updates?  

 

I wouldn't mind it. Flying the builds of the DC-6, I find myself flying a little more old school with VOR and ADF only. It's nice to get a challenge from time to time. There was an old Concorde (SSTSIM or something?) that had a CIVA INS that was pretty fun from time to time, too.