Right now I'm trying to backport galeon 1.2.7 to Mozilla 1.6.
Don't ask why. It's not that much fun as there have been some
signifigant changes to the charset manager interface as well as
some other small changes. Apparently, a lot of galeon still uses
nsXPComFactory.h and its associated interfaces. So I'm having fun
chewing up some old code.
Had another instrument lesson last night and it went much
better than the last one. My scan was in pretty good shape.
Jumped right in and did an hour in the sim. I did my first VOR
RNAV approach, which is probably the easiest approach I've had to
do yet. The hardest part of the approach turned out to be
programming the RNAV to know about the waypoints. Once that's
done, it's just a question of following the needle and watching
for the TO/FROM indicator to flip. The missed approach point is
just another waypoint. No timing required. Fly right to the
waypoint that is the hold for the missed, and you're done. (I
suspect that this is what flying a GPS approach is like, except
that the GPS already knows about the waypoints.) We also did a
DME arc, which I suspect that I might never use in my entire life
since there are very few approaches that actually still use one,
but you're supposed to know it. So it's something that I need to
practice.
Hopefully next time we'll be in a real plane for a change.