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Old December 17th 05, 12:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Scott Moore wrote:

Strange sensation to put all our faith into the instruments, and
break out and no airport off the nose of the plane..... It was at my
10:00.

Allen


And here I will **** everyone off:

That's why you need the GPS. Much better situational awareness.


How would that help? Unless the GPS knows your heading (and most don't), the map display will be
ground track up, and will show the airport straight ahead. This could just confuse the situation even
further.

Mike