Jay Honeck wrote:
[...]
I was referring specifically to the pages and pages (ad nauseum) of study
questions that show you a VOR instrument, totally out of context with
anything else, and ask you to determine where you are in relation to the
transmitter.
I've always thought of that as akin to unusual attitude work. It's practice
for something having already gone wrong.
First of all, if I'm flying along and the "black box" goes dead, I've been
following my position on my sectional -- so I have a pretty good idea
where
I am from the get-go.
Except that the GPS signal has been warped by some weird error in either the
signal or your box. You're not where you think you are.
Except you weren't flying. You were sleeping in the right seat. The pilot
was so shocked that the GPS screen went blank that he fainted, but not
before waking you up.
Except you're not sure whether you're approaching or past that nearby VOR.
- Andrew
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