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Old September 2nd 06, 09:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Kyle Boatright
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Default Why are headings still magnetic?


"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 11:31:55 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:
There is one, and ONLY one instrument in the aircraft that does not
require
a power source or have a common catastrophic failure mode. The sucker
will
work and get you home even after it has poured a few tablespoons of
kerosene
all over the instrument panel.


Although after losing the kerosene, it tends to jiggle around a bit
more... Been there, done that...


Lose even more kerosene and it'll stop tracking. Done all of the above...

KB