A bit I remember vividly from an RAF low-flying exercise in a Tiger, was doing a close-in turn around a tree - allowing for wind speed/direction. Interesting.
Low-level X-countries (in designated areas) -
Draw track-line on map, mark waypoints, and en-route look out for, e.g, road-before-railway or vice-versa (near where they cross); left-or right of a conspicuous something-or-other near the track; trees/water coming up on-time, etc. And the usual VMC track-keeping drill, with a very careful check and correction early-on for drift.
But this was S Rhodesia, where conspicuous pin-points were hard to come by. And counting rivers crossed on-track didn't always work, because they sometimes dried up....
Keeping a very watchful eye for higher-ground due to come up was a must, I seem to remember.
Happy days.
Did somebody mention GPS?
No No No!
Eyes outside, perlease.
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