I take issue with some of the aspects of the Cali crash expressed here.
Way I read the CVR is that Nick realized they were turning the wrong way and they turned back toward the south/southwest. Unfortunately, they continued their descent. And I have to re-read the report to know if they were still using some AP mode for the descent. TNKS for the link, PJ.
Good inputs on the 'vark TFR.
My A-7D had TFR and we could use the e-scope if we wanted, but most had the cross scan mode with basic groundmap on the scope and used the HUD flight path marker to maintain terrain clearance.
For the pure commercial folks here, this was all in the late 60's and early 70's.
As I have expressed on the AF447 thread and others, the inertially-based flight path marker and a HUD allows one to monitor the AP modes and other "magenta line" crapola, and really helps on a non-precision approach to a strange field. The discussion re: dive and drive versus a not very precision constant descent angle to MDA/DA is relevant, and that HUD was very useful regardless of which technique you used.