"Bob Moore" wrote

But then, I had spent most of my 10
years of Navy flying (P-2 P-3) at 100'-200' over water both night
and IMC. Hand flying a P-2 Neptune for 12 hours at 100' at night
could very well test one's mettle.

Did you have a radar altimeter, or any other means of fine tuning your
altitude, other than barometric altimeter?
--
Jim in NC