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Re: Failing to Use All the Navigational Inputs At Your Disposal
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2017 Jun 08, 07:20 -0500
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2017 Jun 08, 07:20 -0500
I have been in and out of Rapid city several times. In an effort to Not have a fighter on my wing tip I am generally hyper vigilant, using all Nav aids. In good weather I particularly like "mark one eyeball" because the AFB look quite different from the civilian base. But I ALWAYS set up the VOR, NDB and GPS. But that's just me.
Tom Sult, MD
Tom Sult, MD
Author: JUST BE WELL (goo.gl/jUbWIX)
Yeah, it's an interesting story. There's a little more "after-incident" detail in the article and comments here. This is one of those cases where the machines/computers/GPS should have been trusted and traditional navigation with its famous "mark one eyeball" was at fault. I also enjoyed the other stories in the official report about landings at the wrong airport. It's clearly a major career-damaging event. The pilot retired after this one. The first officer was able to go back to work after some "re-training" (yikes, that sounds painful!).
Frank Reed
Clockwork Mapping / ReedNavigation.com
Conanicut Island USA
