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Old 11th March 2004 | 01:24
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Tinstaafl
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From: Escapee from Ultima Thule
1. Lay chart on knee

2. Find last two or 3 marked fixes.

3. Extrapolate OR use last known track made good OR use heading + reasonable drift allowance to give line of position

3. Note time.

4. Note last calculated groundspeed OR TAS + reasonable +/- wind adjustment.

5. Use 3. & 4. to calculated distance run.

6. Mark this DR distance along LoP.

7. Read lat. & long. from map.

8. Look at altimeter.


OR

1. Press button on GPS to read current lat. & long.

2. Go "Huh????"

3. Press other buttons to change display to Bearing/Distance from waypoint.

4. Look at altimeter.


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