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Old 08-06-2012 | 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by csucbrown
After I received my instrument rating I offered to act as a safety pilot for the guys at my school still working on theirs. On one occasion I was riding in a G530 equipped c172. While en-route the GPS gave us a big middle finger ("GPS SIGNAL LOST") and the student flying under the hood completely lost SA in a short time and wasn't sure what to do. He's probably not the first one its happened to.

Once I get my CFII I'll make sure to reproduce that scenario for all my students.
+1. One of the best questions I got during my training was "where are you"? (ADF/VOR/ded rekoning days).
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