In response to:
"departing from a field with a 500ft or so cloudbase and low clouds over the hills, heading for a field with decent(ish) wx. In these circumstances you will rarely use an ADF and as said, with a GPS you can also get away without DME.
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Scooter Boy wrote:
Is it just me or does this sound just like the prodrome to so many of the CFIT type accident reports we all read from time to time?
... and your reasoning for making that association is?