Roger wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:41:55 -0700, Newps wrote:



Denny wrote:


Well, let me take you into IMC and fail everything but your altimeter,
speedo, T&B and compass and I'll have you kissing that compass when you
are back down...
A DG is nice but it's nothing that will kill you if it goes bad in hard
IMC...

Who will ever look at the compass? The GPS runs on batteries. Just fly
a ground track instead of a heading.


GPS? You rely on a battery powered GPS?



Only after ships power stops working, then yes.