"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:doYkf.603648$_o.185200@attbi_s71...
Nowadays, winter or summer, we punch in four
digits, and we're on our way to...anywhere!

Hope you have backup plans for when the GPS is toast... :)

Yep. It's called a second GPS on the co-pilot's yoke! :-)

Of course, we could always turn on those VOR thingies, or maybe even power
up the old DME...

..........................followed immediately by a muffled scream as the
pilot hears this from ATC;
"Radar service terminated. You are cleared for the ADF approach on 24."
:-)
Dudley