Pete et al
With all due respect for the modern electronics and advancements, I
guess I am just one of the soon to be gone dinosaurs and have seen all
too many occasions when the modern technology takes a vacation when you
need it most. Reliance on anything electrical with little regard for
anything else in the way of aviation aids is, to my mind, just another
example of an unexplained NTSB report in the making.
I flew for many years in remote areas without anything but common sense
and the teachings of an old CFI who was very demanding and required
that I knew our exact location at any given time, and give him the
number of gallons we'd take on at refueling. I smile to think of how
easy it would have been if we'd had GPS for an aid. We didn't even have
ADF in many regions and in many cases no accurate charts.
Lovely to have the modern technology working, but it will never replace
the human brain. The human brain is useless unless it has the proper
knowledge to work with.
My point is to not rely solely on electrical components/indications.
Fly safe
Ol S&B