Atlas, good point, do they go that high?
My guess about 25 minutes, or about a third the way to Ricmond, by the time she levelled out and cruised for a bit, on a wrong heading, it would be time to descend again..........what an awful feeling getting lost like that.
Of course its only awful if you actually realise you are lost
. Blissfully unaware she may have been.
For me, I find that knowing the country side well seems to ensure you never get too far from track even without Nav Aids GPS etc, but if you planned wrong and the map kind of looked right, and you had no idea of what that region should look like.......I can see how this could happen.
Question is, did she get "escorted" down to earth? That funny feeling being lost would only compound to peeing her pants when a Hornet tries to pull alongside for a look see.
I doubt they can fly that slow, they would need to send up a CarryBoo to chase her.
Well I hope she learns from that and goes on to be a great pilot and not get so scared she quits. Many a great achiever has been almost belted out of their chosen field like that when learning. Apart from us all being nosey buggers, it would be good to hear the whole story, if just for educational purposes.
J
