Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
oh come on. finding ships in the ocean using a sextant is like shooting fish in a barrel.
True...but it's a very big barrel!
Every time I fly the NATS today, I marvel that anyone in a DC3 did it 60 years ago, down low, using celestial DR, RF, oh, and of course, Crossed Fingers!
While today, we cross at 350/M.84 on AP, and utter words of wisdom at passing aircraft on 123.45, such as...
Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmannAYiwh0