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Old 19th Dec 2012, 15:40
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Yankee Whisky
 
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Originally Posted by alf
inability to navigate


I must be naive and behind the times, but the old fashioned use of "Needle, ball, airspeed and magnetic compass" seems to be a lost art in these modern electronically controled aircraft.

Put pilots back into a Tiger Moth and a (gosport ?) tube and have them fly this to perfection "under the hood" !
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