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Re: Can I Navigate Without an Assumed Position?
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2017 Sep 24, 11:00 -0700
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2017 Sep 24, 11:00 -0700
Frank,
Yes, my fix on the globe was way off but that was the point. Like you said, and I taught to my student pilots - you are never really lost.
You know you are in the north Atlantic, not Africa or near Pago Pago, not near Madagasgar. I was proving to myself that three tries is all you need.
I know where my backyard is for I have fixed it's position many times so these games are fun for me. My problem with this set of data was no starting point - so my use of the globe.
John H.
