Fareastdriver and
Chugalug,
"Didn't you use the decimalised compass in those days? "
Please, teacher, what's a Decimalised Compass ?
(retires furtively to Google, upturns a few flat stones, comprehension slowly dawns).
What on earth was wrong with a 360º Compass ? We fought WW2 with it, and didn't do at all badly, our Navs mostly got us there in the end (sssh, don't let 'em hear that). I never heard of "caramelised compasses" or whatever (must have retired at the right time [end'72]).
This dog is too old to learn
this new trick ! Big Pistons, inches of boost, tailwheels, guineas, £sd and 60-minute hours for ever, say I.
Cheers, Danny.