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Old May 25th 05, 02:44 PM
Jose
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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
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