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Old 9th Aug 2010, 01:04
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Pilot DAR
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Yup, I regognize it! It's a much newer version of what I learned to use during flights across the Atlantic 25 years ago, before GPS was a word.

I was sure wishing I was looking at a working one in the 182 I flew back from the west in April. Neither GPS could find enough satelites for a fix for 45 minutes, and there were no significant geographic features in central Saskatchewan to effectively map read. I found a feature on the ground for a reference before the GPS told me where I was....

I also still refer to a compass, whose design is seeminly unchanged for a half century!
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