"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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We picked up our radial (352 FROM SYI, i think), and headed for MQY.

The trip back was pretty cool. I opted to fly the VOR all the way into
SYI,

I'm surprised to see that primary students are still flying VOR
radials. I thought that had gone the way of ADFs and light beacons,
but I guess not.

Jay,

If they took my OBS out of my plane, I'd probably quit flying! I don't
know why, but VOR and NDB type navigation has always been "fun" for me. I
love using the chart to triangulate my position and (like I said in the
blog), I've even figured out several "original" ways to use VOR's to figure
out where I am. Of course, I always found out later that my "original"
ideas were usually 50 years old and put out of use by GPS (or even DME! ).

Call me a geek, but I just think the whole radio navigation game is a lot of
fun. Don't get me wrong. The day I can afford one of those fancy dancy
moving map panels....I just might get one.....but I still want my steam OBS


jf