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Tag Archives: navigation
The Magenta Babies
Standing in front of the class, I talked of the rudiments of navigation. I still marvel at the miracle of leaving somewhere on the earth in a vehicle, vessel, or airship and navigating precisely to another location. Then after visiting … Continue reading →
Flying Offshore
For whatever reason, as a pilot flies farther away from land over the water or other inhospitable terrain, the engine(s) run rough. There is no factual or statistical evidence of this phenomenon, but there is plenty of emotional, anecdotal information. … Continue reading →
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Tagged "min sink", airplanes, airspeed, altitude, away from the sight of land, best glide, calm sea, cumulus clouds, do not deviate from the approved approach procedure, drug runners, drug wars, engine failures, Florida, fly as high as possible, flying, Flying Offshore, Flying over water, friends, IFR flight plan for flying after sunset, inexperienced pilots, inhospitable terrain, instrument flying, instrument skills and experience, island checkpoints, judgment, keep security in mind, minimum sink, navigation, no night VFR, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Pirates of the Caribbean, tune and identify all navaids, VFR navigation, visual navigation, water survival
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The Smell of Sunshine
To me, traveling from one point precisely to another is fascinating. Navigation is easy to understand when traveling on the surface of the earth. It is a simple matter of following directions. In other words, you can travel down Highway … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged a little too cocky, becoming lost, checkpoints, determine direction, draw a line on a chart, following directions, Fort Meade, going from point A to point B, holding airspeed, Lake Wales, measure distance, navigation, navigation at sea, new student pilots dependent on GPS, Piper Cub, setting a heading, technology failure, the compass rose, The Smell of Sunshine
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Navigation
Getting around the world is a fascinating exercise. At first, a person’s total awareness of his or her environment is the extent of as far as they can see, usually not much further beyond their crib or bedroom at first. … Continue reading →
Posted in Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged A-4, backyards, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, degrees, globe, GPS, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, nation, nautical miles, navigation, neighborhood, Pacific Ocean, seeing beyond the horizon, sextants, state, statute miles, TACAN, the ancient Polynesians, the South Pacific
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Technology
The technology we have today is amazing. Each day I grow older, I marvel at the new inventions, which someone perfected yesterday or this morning. All of their efforts go to making this evening more wonderful. Often I tell my … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Writing
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Tagged computers, GPS, navigation, new gadgets, old radios, RNAV, technology, typwriters
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