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Old February 21st 06, 07:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
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Denny wrote:

Well, let me take you into IMC and fail everything but your altimeter,
speedo, T&B and compass and I'll have you kissing that compass when you
are back down...
A DG is nice but it's nothing that will kill you if it goes bad in hard
IMC...


Who will ever look at the compass? The GPS runs on batteries. Just fly
a ground track instead of a heading.