On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:20:19 -0800, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Jose,

One flies along over nondescript terrain, expecting waypoints to show up
but they don't because of wind drift. One does this for long enough and
one is lost.


In a Cirrus? Real hard, IMHO.

Maybe with a complete electrical failure while in the fog? Otherwise I
could fly from Michigan to Florida without ever looking past the MFD
as I watched the way points go by.

Now days, in the modern planes you'd have to try to get lost or have a
major equipment malfunction after not paying attention. OTOH I'm sure
there are those who can do it ... easily.

Then again I'm flying a 46 year old airplane with about 20 year old
navs. It was an almost modern panel when I purchased the plane, but
then again I was a lot younger and wasn't showing the mileage as much
either.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com