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Old 17th Mar 2012, 20:13
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It can be done and was done in the 1960's on the Eastern Seaboard of NSW, using a combination of GCA /PAR, plenty of practice, good controllers, keen pilots.

All hand flown and when the "man" said "look up and land" all you had to do was kick off the drift and land.

Part of the secret was the term "Command Heading" and as it was true in those days, it remains true also to this day.

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