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Old September 11th 13, 04:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
flgliderpilot[_2_]
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Default Cross country question? How is it done today?

What happens if your GPS dies?

Same things that happens if my ruler ends up behind my seat, or I make a gross error in the slide rule calculations. I fly field to field, until I realize I am not going to make it to the next field (kinda easy to see, the field is rising in my canbopy). I pick one of the 3 fields I have selected as a possible landout for this scenario, and I land in it.