Comments on: What’s missing from this picture? http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=368 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Reinhart http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=368&cpage=1#comment-1739 David Reinhart Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:29:33 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=368#comment-1739 What’s still missing is full-fledged FMS capability. It’s close, but it’s not there yet. The NAV system basically still needs to make the jump to automatic, all-mode navigation. VOR down or NOTAM’d N/A below 10,000 ft.? No problem, the GPS takes over. On the ILS and the localizer goes down? Again, the GPS steps in automatically and you don’t notice except for the warning flag and (possibly) a new DH popping up.

How about voice control for things like IDENT and flip-flopping frequencies? That could be nice.

We also don’t have two-way datalink for ATC clearances, etc. The big boys have ACARS.

Those are the ones that pop into my head.

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