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Old 28th Aug 2002, 11:13
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If it all goes really pear shaped, you can always contact the London D&D cell on 121.5 and ask for a "Training Fix"

They can use VDF (voice direction finder) to give you a plain language location fix - e.g. "six miles west of Ramsgate."

I've only used the service a couple of times over the past ten years, but its a very good fallback and they would much rather help you early, before you get lost.

Once you have a position on your chart, its much easier to work out what to do next.

Most pilots have felt the way you do at some point, so full marks to you for having the bottle to raise it on this forum.