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October 17th 04, 12:18 PM
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:05:46 -0500, "Mike O'Malley"
wrote: But he used dead-reckoning. He was really wrong, but it doesn't say anything about how accurate your navigation has to be. Douglas Corrigan knew perfectly well where he was going, and he got there by navigating. (For those of a younger generation, Corrigan was refused permission to fly from New York to Ireland, so he declared that instead he was flying to Los Angeles, and behold! He landed in Ireland by mistake. He even wrote a book about it. Life was much more innocent in those days.) all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! www.vivabush.org 
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