Where I routinely flew (100/150 miles east of Cape Cod, at or below 100
feet) I couldn't get a whole lot of radar fixes on land. We zigged and
zagged too much for dead reckoning. I could DR fine if necessary ("home" was
always west of us and there would be an airport somewhere) but my fixes --
we were enforcing fishery zone treaties against those evil Russians and
Japanese factory ships -- had to be taken into court and I had to swear that
I was accurate when I signed the court documents. If I remember, I was
required to be +/- one mile in my fixes. That's tough moving at 130 knots
when you have to pull down two separate Loran A fixes as quickly as
possible. ... These days, you'd just look at the GPS receiver. Wasn't like
that in the 1970s.On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Wilton Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I know, too, we could depend on USCG, but we didn't wanna depend on > something the other guys could knock out if they thought we "big boys" had > to have it.. > > Wilton > > -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
