NAVIGATION
On the Valley ( Gnat ) course the Final Nav Check consisted of ( if I remember rightly ) .
Climb out of Valley to the East ,cross the airways vis the Visual Corridor ,let down somewhere in N .Yorkshire
to LL .
Carry out a low level leg ( 500 ft 360kts ) and hit 3 preplanned targets each within 10 or was it 30 seconds.
RTB medium level.I thought this was impossible!
My check was a last minute surprise Friday afternoon sortie on a VERY windy day.
During the ( rushed ) pre flight checks my carefully prepared map blew away out of the cockpit and went miles away into the bundoo!
I thought s—t we will have to scrub the sortie!
But my examiner ( the famous and lovely Bertie Mee ) said no we will go and you can use my map!
This turned out to be a well used almost unreadable antique !
Goodness knows how but I passed!! ( the 1 in 60 technique was not that difficult at 6 miles a minute ! )