and the unrefined state of navigation back in those days.
Unrefined?
You mean astro through a bubble sextant? Manual air plot? Three position line fixes on NDBs? Using a drift sight? As opposed to reading a lat and long accurate to the nearest yard off a GPS and then not having a clue where you are when it packs up?
Unrefined? How dare you sir!!!
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Fate is the Hunter brilliant BTW
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