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Old September 9th 06, 12:08 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Why are headings still magnetic?

Stubby writes:

I met a sea captain that piloted an old ship full of refugees from
Latvia to Nova Scotia in 1939 with only a sextant and magnetic compass.
And he said it was overcast most of the time.


Lindbergh had only a compass and a maritime map (with his hand-drawn
route on it) that he had bought in a shop in San Diego to get him from
New York to Paris.

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