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Old 12th January 2009 | 17:47
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IO540
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From: EuroGA.org
Buy yourself the biggest-screen GPS you can afford, learn how to use it, and you won't get lost

Otherwise, the answer depends on whether you are trying to impress an instructor, or trying to impress your girlfriend.

In the former case, you call up D&D on 121.5 and tell them you are unsure of position and ask for help. They don't have much to do these days and like the practice.

In the latter case, you will have learnt how to track a VOR and what a DME is, and will have these instruments in your plane, so you do a VOR/DME or DME/DME (or VOR/VOR) fix. In fact, you will have navigated using GPS backed up by VOR/DME so will not have got lost in the first place

Off to get my coat before the shells start coming in
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