On Apr 5, 1:12 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
If you want to go to and from true and magnetic, you need a chart to
get the local difference.

If you want to do anything, you need more than a compass.

If all you want to do is go in some particular direction until you
can see a recognizable landmark, all you need is a compass.

In order to recognize the landmark, you need something more than a compass.

Yeah, eyes. Lots of people flew across the Atlantic with sometimes
just a compass, and they easily recognized the coast of England /
France / whatever with their bare old eyes ;-)

Heck, you don't need a chart with you to recognize the Eiffel Tower,
for example.

Kev