> > You intend to use W98 on a computer in an airplane? Please tell
> > me that you will still have redundant instrumentation.
>
> Many people I know use laptops when they go flying about. There
> is alot of software available for private pilots to use for helping
> with navigation, etc.
Well, I remember the PowerBook that Rutan used as his instrumentation
cluster in the Boomerang...but I haven't kept up much since then. Of
course, didn't he have some miniaure mechanical instruments, too? It's
been a while since I read up on the specs.
I still can't imagine using Windows 98 for anything *critical* in an
airplane,
though.
> Most of the instrumentation in lite aircraft is mechanical in
> nature.
Well, I know it used to be. But, like the Boomerang, I had this image
of someone using a Windows system for their instrumentation, and
then encountering a GPF. !!! Yikes!
I wish you all the best...it sounds like a fun use for a computer, even
if it does scare me half to death.
-- Chuck Knight
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