Introduction

["Dr. Robert J. Meier" <robert.meier@fanucrobotics.com>]

Cyberflyers,

Let me add to the introductions.

My name is Robert Meier.  I've ~1000 hrs in airplanes since 1977.  My
current ratings include Commercial, Instrument, Airplane,
Single-Engine Land, High Altitude, Turbo, Basic Ground Instructor, and
Instrument Ground Instructor.  I'm currently pursuing my Certified
Flight Instructor rating.  I've ~35000 hrs on computers since 1977.
My current proficiency includes linux, Irix, SGI Indigo, C, C++,
perl, and octave.

My 1/4 share of a 1966 Piper Cherokee 6 (PA32-300), N4015W, is based
at Dupont-Lapeer Airport Michigan (D95), when not used to visit
friends and family 200-1000 miles away.  My Dell Dimension XPS-133c
boots Win95 (<5%) and linux-2.2.1 (>90%).  At work, I split my time
between a Dell using WinNT/C and an SGI Indigo using Irix-6.5/C++.

Accurate and programmable instrument flight simulation is my major
interest in linux and flying, but my business concerns prevented me
from contributing to flight gear.  At present, I am using ProPilot99
from SubLogic but regret that I cannot program it to match the
flight characteristics of a Piper Cherokee 6, nor modify missing or
incorrect airports, navaids, etc.

Accurate and reusable flight planning is my second interest.  I
currently use a forms (ANSI DIF ported from FoxPro Mac) based database
to organize my flight plans.  Before a trip, I can quickly print
my intended flight plans, and several alternatives.  The ability to
quickly pick an alternative suitable to the weather constraints
gives me the adaptability needed for safe winter flying on the
East Coast of the United States.

Until ~1985, the AOPA provided flight planning information customized
for your aircraft.  They'd arrive in a manilla envelope sealed
with a sticker quoting FAR 91.3 ([PIC is responsible.  PIC must obtain
all pertinent information.]) In 1987, I flew from Michigan to
California using one.  (When I called shortly after, I was told
that I should not have received it, since AOPA had discontinued the
service a few years earlier.)  Though obviously not a legal flight
plan, their information was in flight plan format, and made an
excellent flight planning checklist.

Clear skies,

Robert Meier

P.S. I collect verses of the following song,

Bless 'em all, Bless 'em all.
The long, and the short, and the tall.

Bless the instructors who taught us to fly.
They say they're lucky that their still alive.
If we retract the gear on the ramp,
Nobody's blue eyes will be damp.

So classroom or cockpit, ground school or flight school,
Come on along, Bless 'em all.

Bless 'em all, Bless 'em all.
The long, and the short, and the tall.

Bless all the briefers with weather reports.
If they say it's raining, bring lotion and shorts.
Amid icing and thunderstorms bide,
A heck of a wild airplane ride.

So forecast or current, 'mid cirrus or stratus,
Come on along, Bless 'em all.
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