Why The Hell... (random rant)
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
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