Thread: Knowing when you are overflying something
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Old April 19th 07, 03:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Jim Stewart
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Default Knowing when you are overflying something
wrote:
On Apr 18, 1:40 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the ground?


For VFR pilots:

If you can see the ground, it's easy.

If you can't see the ground (night), and you don't have a GPS, you
trust your navigation log.

Otherwise, here's a tip that works EVERY time:

If you're with a CFI, and he pulls the power to simulate an engine-out
condition, then it is absolutely guaranteed that you're over a runway
or something very similar to one.



My experience is that it's right behind me...