Dylan Smith wrote:

In article , Happy Dog wrote:

That aside, does anyone know anyone whose ass was saved by the pilotage and
dead reckoning skills taught at the PPL and CPL level? I do.


There's a very good story in one of the ILAFFT books from a military
instructor who had a total radio and electrical failure in hard IMC, and
dead reckoned himself out of trouble.


Yes, any good CFII should teach that an essential part of preflight
planning is knowing where the better weather is so that you can head
that direction of the doodoo hits the fan. And knowing the direction
and approximate distance of a large body of water can be helpful if you
have to do an emergency let-down to, hopefully, visual conditions after
a nav failure.


Matt