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You mean I have to TALK to ATC? - long



 
 
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Old September 18th 07, 07:46 AM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Default You mean I have to TALK to ATC? - long

Compasses and dead reckoning still work. Remember that
little blurb in the instrument rules 61.65, Navigation,
including dead reckoning appropriate to IFR.

Procedure turns, and NORDO are just some of the DR
situations, GPS and or VOR OTS are others.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
| I was flying to Reno last week and there was a GPS outage
part of the way
| there. I had a couple guys with me and they just looked
at me when the MX20
| and the 296 went blank. I just tuned in to the next VOR
and kept going 10
| minutes later they came back.
|
| Interesting. I've had a similar experience where I lost
one (or two)
| GPS's (for reasons unknown) -- but I've never lost *both*
of them.
|
| I'm not saying VORs don't have a place anymore. I'm just
surprised to
| hear primary students flying around solely by reference to
them. It
| seems rather quaint, with so many students training in
glass
| cockpits...
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|


 




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