X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.137.230] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WEBUSER 5.1c.2) with HTTP id 1238072 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:06:11 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Hmmm To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.1c.2 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:06:11 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <003501c6a7d0$cce25920$650610ac@jacky0da39824a> References: <003501c6a7d0$cce25920$650610ac@jacky0da39824a> X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1";format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Tom Gourley" : Jeff wrote: "Last Friday a private pilot applicant I gave a checkride to got lost within 10 miles of his home field, right in the middle of the VFR practice area. He did not know how to dead reckon nor navigate via pilotage. His troubles began when I turned off the GPS" Ah, remember the "good old days" (not) when we had to learn to fly cross country by dead reckoning and/or pilotage? When having two NAV receivers was a real luxury for a VFR pilot? I confess, I use my GPS all the time. However, I keep the chart in my lap, track my position on the chart, and practice tracking a VOR radial on a regular basis. Electronics can, and do, fail. GPS is wonderful but a pilot should always have a plan for the time when the moving map display freezes or says "signl lost". Turning off, or covering up, the GPS once in while is probably a good exercise. I've found that even when I know where I am and where I'm headed I get an insecure feeling without the GPS. Tom Gourley Still building