Originally Posted by
BEagle
A couple of years ago, I was on my way to Stapleford aerodrome. As is the norm these days, my GPS was programmed with the destination and I was happily following the magenta line, noting that I would arrive in plenty of time for a coffee before my next activity.
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A few years ago now I was navigating from Prestwick to Cranfield. Passing Howarden the Garmin Aera decided to lose all GPS signal.
Shrug shoulders, revert to chart and PLOG, carry on, with a few more miles margin on controlled airspace, GPS signal came back about when I passed Sywell.
That trip is my standard reason for continuing to have a paper chart in the cockpit - albeit that it's likely to be an Air Million now.
G