On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:50:22 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in
:

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:28:14 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Really. there will come a time when they'll look at us the way we'd
look at someone who went to sea in a canoe.


I think that's already happening, particularly in the area of
navigation.
I've had more than one pilot comment with amazement on the fact that
we used to navigate across the country without GPS. Particularly in
areas where radio navigation is not available (mountains).
Apparently, finding unfamiliar airports without the magic box
pointing you right at it, is some sort of magical feat. I
personally know pilots that wouldn't consider flying a cross-country
trip without an operable GPS.

Remember when flying a GA airplane across an ocean was a huge
navigational
challenge (HF being what it is)?

My local library has bound copies of the aviation mags going back
to the
'20s. Since my plane's equipment is generally not much better than
the state of the art in the 40s, I can often relate to those old
articles.

Several years back I saw an old Narco radio (Superhomer) in an
aviation
museum and was surprised because I'd removed an identical one from
my airplane only a few years before.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

Things have sure come a long way since the Superhomer days for sure.
We used to check the gas against the forcast winds, pick a Magnetic
Course off the nearest VOR and parrell that to the True Course line,
allow some

You had a radio that worked?

You had a radio?

Hey! If yah got it, flaunt it! :-))

Roger

Bertie