Originally Posted by
GlueBall
A diligent crew would have found time to plot their computer flight plan Lat/Long coordinates unto their Ross island RNC (Radio Nav) chart, connected the dots and then clearly seen that their track was 27 nautical miles east of their intended course, east of McMurdo Sound. I still do that when crossing the ponds.
I am sure if Collins had been told that the track had been changed the night before he would have done exactly that. To quote Paul Lupp, Hindsight is nearly always 20:20