Originally Posted by
rickair7777
NO! Unless I misunderstood the original clearance, he WAS NOT cleared to intercept the 301 radial and track it to the D60 point...he was cleared DIRECTLY to the D60 point from his current position (which was not on the 301 radial). That means a straight line courtesy of RNAV. RJ85FO described how to program that into the Garmin.
The only reason TD got away wiith this was because he was on a nearby radial, so his approximation wasn't noticeable to ATC, or they just didn't care about the slight deviation.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I was not alone and was with someone much more skilled than I. He wanted me to see what I'd do. So I explained to him that I was on the 126 radial already. So to fly to the 121 radial really would only require a small change. Kind of like if you were with a check examiner. We were never in danger. Just really exciting.... and confusing.