Originally Posted by
Johnm
So Genghis just how do I fly a light aircraft IFR without a GPS?
Well, I'm guessing that you don't.
Personally, I find a couple of VORs, a DME, and a compass & DI work quite well in combination with a chart, PLOG and my wristwatch. I'm not sure if you've tried it, but at the end of a lot of flights, I also use a handy little device called an ILS.
But I accept that I'm eccentric at times.
Originally Posted by
stevelup
What was the remedial advice? Make sure you charge your device properly, and carry a suitable backup power source if there's no aircraft power?
That was somewhere towards the end of the debrief, after carrying a chart, and having a clue about his local area.
I could just about see the airfield from the point he declared himself lost
We were next to a town that had a railway going right to the airfield as well - but it doesn't do to make life too easy for yourself. Okay, maybe it does.
G