Troy wrote:

Colby saw him take off at night in the rain. What got his attention was
after start there was no delay with a quick power up and taxi to the east
end. He did do a mag check but was obviously in a hurry to see his
girlfriend in Arizona. He penetrated rain and clouds on departure with a
quick turn west to east. No amount of devices would have saved him pushing
resources like he did. If he had a graphic display like your picture, would
he have avoided vertigo? Does the display show the numerous transmission
lines across his path? This fellow was doomed the second he made the
decision to take off. A needless tragedy similar to J. F. Kennedy Jr.'s.
Troy

Troy has a point here. It would be nice if the pictured tilted on
the screen when you were in a bank. That would let you know when you
were turning and it would jibe with the attitude gyro to reduce the
possibility of vertigo.

The software could take in attitude data from the attitude gyro.
Some, as I recall, have outputs to auto pilots.

On second thought it might not be necessary as the GPS puts out 
heading information if the heading is changing you are in a turn. 
Same goes for altitude. If it is changing you are climbing or diving.

Sort of a solid state, no moving parts, attitude gyro.

Paul Lamar
 
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