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Old 19th Dec 2004, 05:43
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Gomer Pylot
 
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Yeah, but my VORs don't do much for me a couple of hundred miles offshore. And the lines on the water are really hard to see, especially at night. And flying IFR by dead reckoning is really difficult. And there is no other means of navigation out there. I used to fly a 206, back in the day, navigating by compass and watch, and keeping an eye on the water for wind correction, but I wasn't going 200 NM out that way. I probably could still do it if I had to, but the load would be cut way, way back because I would need lots more fuel reserve. It would cost the oil companies lots of $$$.
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