Lessons to learn
- Always work out DR headings in advance even though I probably won't need
them
- Organise charts, plogs, circuit instructions etc in a logical order
- I print out charts from Memory-Map. If blowing these up might be a good idea to print them a known scale (say 1:250000 to double the size of a 1:500000 chart) so that estimating distances is straight-forward
- Take into account the fact that looking a charts etc may be difficult due to poor visibility (low sun straight ahead obscuring the horizon) and turbulence.
- Underline vertical airspace restrictions and add notes to my plog.
Quite so.
As I mentioned earlier, proper preflight planning prevents piss poor performance.
You might also add time marks and drift lines to your disposable map. Good system, memory map. I use a laser printer so the ink doesn't run, but probably your aeroplane is more rainproofed than mine.
But you did get unlost, so well done anyway.
