Guru Steve is a nice guy; trustworthy, loyal, friendly, brave, helps old ladies across the street.....you get the idea. So when it comes time to tackle a project for a friend, replacing the old instruments and instrument panel in his airplane, there is no question as to the beauty and functionality of the finished product. Steve is an upright fellow who can be trusted. So when we went flying together to check all the elements displayed on the new instrument display we both remarked on the wicked sense of humor of the designers of the software, because in the place of an airplane which might show my present position on the globe, there was a donkey. Regardez-vous:
What a sense of humor .. we both laughed and, proceeding with our flight together, remarked at how the background of the cute picture blocked out some important information as we approached the airport and other airplanes.
Then, true confession time. The perpetrator of the joke was none other than the usually serious and reliable engineer who had spent the better part of his January, February, and March on this project for his trusting friend. Maybe it was because the trusting, gullible friend was about to call the manufacturer to find out how to replace that dadgum donkey with the outline of his airplane!
Fast forward (fast, as in slow) to most of the way through April, after several back-and-forth sessions with the manufacturer and the very helpful intercession of a great guy there (verifiably trustworthy, loyal, friendly, brave, etc) I now have an outline of the Glastar with a transparent background so when in close proximity to airports and airplanes I can see (electronically) what's going on around me.
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