"Tim" wrote in message
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Not all planes have GPSes. In fact, most don't. Many of the haldheld
units fail. \
A bit OT, but I was delivering a sailboat from Ventura to Richmond one
November, and the handheld GPS died in heavy fog under the Golden Gate
Bridge. We replaced batteries, figured out it was not the unit, and
navigated by fog horns to the east bay. Sometimes, you just have to know
how to drive (boat, plane, car). And, you can't _simulate_ the real feeling
when a Golden Gate ferry blows across your port bow assuming (and hoping)
his radar saw you.

-CJ