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Fly low. Very low. The whole time. With no GPS. This will challenge
your pilotage, dead reckoning, and flight planning abilities (and such a flight =must= be planned well!). Down low you won't see all that far, and many of the landmarks you'd count on from a few thousand feet up will be beyond the horizon. You'll need to hold a course with very good precision, recognize and utilize landmarks of a totally different scale, and keep your eyes out for towers and such. After three hours at five hundred feet (a thousand if you're over towns), it's a nice feeling to see the destination appear right in front of you, exactly where it belongs. Of course, don't fly unsafely low; you need to take the hazards poking up from the ground into account. You also need to consider the risks of an engine failure into account. But the skills gained in navigation and aviation this close to the ground may save your life one day. Besides, it's real pretty. Jose -- The price of freedom is... well... freedom. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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