On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:27:01 -0700, Hamish Reid
wrote:


I dunno -- this has been one of the few Usenet threads I've participated
in over the decades where posters in the wrong have actually not only
admitted it but apologised for it. Which makes it something special in
Usenet terms :-).

Sometimes, you step in crap. When it happens, you can discretely
scrape it off outside. Or, you can pretend it wasn't you, and get it
all over the carpet.

I have too much respect for the experience of this group to not go
back outside and scrape it off. G

My home airport has a constantly NOTAM'd OOS localizer, so the only
way back in is a VOR approach. I should know better about step down
fixes. Once I "ghost flew" the approach at my desk, I realized how
wrong I was. It took Robert's "you would have crashed" message for me
to actually do the "ghost approach", and realize that I really _would_
have crashed.

Barry