Originally Posted by
Ftrooppilot
I wonder how many forum participants can honestly say they have flown over long ocean routes using a sextant for navigation. We are dwindling in numbers. Makes me wonder what will happen when the GPS system goes down.
Give me a MA-2 along with some H.O. 249s and and a current air almanac and I might still be able to get you within 2 miles of where you should be. (Please, no turns for 12 minutes at night!)
Which one's Pollux? Oh, forget it--give me a GPS.
