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Hi Lynn,
Interesting story, thanks for sharing it with us. I've heard of time
being measured by BC, AD,
now I've learned a new one.....BG (Before GPS). ; - )
Cheers,
Bob Saville
N3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
PS, I'm still BG
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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
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