In article , Roger Long wrote:

It occurs to me that this guy would never have been doing this if the GPS
hadn't been invented. He just watches the gauges and follows the little
pointer until he see the airport.

This has been going on long before GPS. Check out this sad story:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...14X43777&key=1

And that's just one example.