Tricky examiners

Dudley Henriques wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in
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I've only ever seen them in Canada. had to do a test with the
Canadian CAA once and the guy who administerd it told me soem real
good tips on tracking them, but they're all gone a long time now.
last one in the US was servicable to about 1979 IIRC. Somewhere out
west.


Bertie

That's right I believe. I happened on a chance to go down to South
America with a modified P38 and do some aerial mapping. I never went
as it turned out but I did get as far with the program as checking
out the Nav aids down there. What a mess! Mostly ADF and a few low
freq ranges but little else in those days.
Glad I passed on that job really. Much of it would have been flying
grid lines over long expanses of jungle and that Lightning was
getting a bit old in the tooth.


He he. Yeah,. They did have fantastic range though.
I've used some NDBs that were good for about 1500 miles,
too.Sometimes even more.
Mostly at night.



Bertie


Lots of NDB's down in SA. I have to admit though that it was the
thought of flying over that damn jungle every day that worried me. I
never did find out if that job went through or who if anyone took it.
The P38 that was involved ended up here in the states somewhere I
believe and went to a private owner.
I've always wondered if I had taken that job if I would have ended up
on some Jivaro's lodge pole as a shrunken head :-))


Hehe. Nah. It's not that bad flying in those parts of the world if
you're prepared. hopefully at least one engine would have run for you
til you got where you were going?


Bertie