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Georgia: I am very glad that you got the IFR experience. The lesson learned should be to always keep an eye on the weather. Now you know why the airline captains make the big bucks to keep those airplanes going to their destinations in spite of the weather. If you think your adrenaline was high, think about the pilots flying over the ocean in the middle of the night, finding and landing on the carrier without any electronic navigation aids. We practiced this when I was a fledging naval aviator almost 40 years ago. We were given a lat/long where the carrier would be in 3 hours, and then would fly a mission using a plotting board to keep track of the aircraft and carrier position. There would be one red light on the top of the carrier mast for you to find when you returned 3 hours later. I can still remember my heartbeat sounding like thunder, as I would look outside searching for the red light in the black of night. Lynn Nelsen N99387 52FL __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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