Agreed, Jay. One of the reasons I was so upset was that conditions were
as
CAVU as CAVU gets. The entire terrain beneath me was like a moving-map
GPS!

As someone else said, CAVU is when things can get especially dicey. It's
easy to relax a bit *too* much, and miss a waypoint or two...

Also, unless you're at 25,000 feet, it doesn't matter HOW clear it is -- you
don't get the "God's Eye View" of the world the way you do with GPS. With
our AvMap's huge color screen, and the feature that automatically zooms us
in as we get closer (until you literally have an airport diagram depicted,
with your position represented as a little airplane flying around the
airport!), it is literally impossible to get lost.

If I were you, my very next action would be to get on Ebay, and buy yourself
a nice, used GPS. They can be had quite cheaply, and it'll allow you to
relax a bit (I *know* you're going to be up-tight about this experience for
a while!) and concentrate on flying the plane.

BTW, as a lurker here while I've been working on my private, I've enjoyed
your contributions very much. I hope to be guest of yours some day!

Thanks, Joe -- we'll look forward to meeting you!

Keep pushing, and you'll be finished up before you know it. Getting my
ticket utterly changed my life -- it'll do the same for you! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"