Lost stories here

Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.

Just think -- with the advent of GPS, this is one thread that no one
will understand in another 20 years.

Pilot in 2027: "Lost? How could you ever get *lost*?"

:-)

(Actually, it's already true now -- but we all still remember "BG" --
Before GPS...)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.

Just think -- with the advent of GPS, this is one thread that no one
will understand in another 20 years.

Pilot in 2027: "Lost? How could you ever get *lost*?"

I've NEVER been lost. I've been "temporarily disoriented", but NEVER
lost!!!!! :-))))
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote:
I've NEVER been lost. I've been "temporarily disoriented", but NEVER
lost!!!!! :-))))



I wish I could say the same. I've been LOST.

When I was a brand new pilot, I did a night VFR flight from Rock Hill, SC to
Wilmington, NC... at least that was where I wanted to go. Having very little TT
(less than 100 hours), I navigated the same as I did in daytime VFR. At least I
thought I did.

Basically you just flew at about 100 degrees until you got to Laurinburg, then
turned another 10 degrees or so to fly down the railroad tracks until you got to
Wilmington. What I hadn't figured was that most small towns look pretty much
the same at night and I couldn't see the damned tracks.

Anyway, I got to where I thought I should call Wilmington Approach to report I
was inbound for landing and said that I was about 25 miles to the west of the
airport. They gave me a squawk code and then radar identified me.... about 18
miles EAST of the airport. The next landfall would be the island of Bermuda.

Rather than test my swimming abilities to the max, I chose to take their offer
of radar vectors to the airport.

Embarassing, to say the least. I never again navigated by pilotage and /or dead
recconing at night again. From then on it was radio navigation for me at night.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
I've NEVER been lost. I've been "temporarily disoriented", but NEVER
lost!!!!! :-))))



I wish I could say the same. I've been LOST.

When I was a brand new pilot, I did a night VFR flight from Rock Hill, SC
to Wilmington, NC... at least that was where I wanted to go. Having very
little TT (less than 100 hours), I navigated the same as I did in daytime
VFR. At least I thought I did.

Basically you just flew at about 100 degrees until you got to Laurinburg,
then turned another 10 degrees or so to fly down the railroad tracks until
you got to Wilmington. What I hadn't figured was that most small towns
look pretty much the same at night and I couldn't see the damned tracks.

Anyway, I got to where I thought I should call Wilmington Approach to
report I was inbound for landing and said that I was about 25 miles to the
west of the airport. They gave me a squawk code and then radar identified
me.... about 18 miles EAST of the airport. The next landfall would be the
island of Bermuda.

Rather than test my swimming abilities to the max, I chose to take their
offer of radar vectors to the airport.

Embarassing, to say the least. I never again navigated by pilotage and
/or dead recconing at night again. From then on it was radio navigation
for me at night.

I was just kidding Mort; Like everybody else out here I've pulled my share
of boners along the way to be sure :-)))
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
...
Dudley Henriques wrote:
I've NEVER been lost. I've been "temporarily disoriented", but NEVER
lost!!!!! :-))))



I wish I could say the same. I've been LOST.

When I was a brand new pilot, I did a night VFR flight from Rock Hill, SC
to Wilmington, NC... at least that was where I wanted to go. Having very
little TT (less than 100 hours), I navigated the same as I did in daytime
VFR. At least I thought I did.

Basically you just flew at about 100 degrees until you got to Laurinburg,
then turned another 10 degrees or so to fly down the railroad tracks
until you got to Wilmington. What I hadn't figured was that most small
towns look pretty much the same at night and I couldn't see the damned
tracks.

Anyway, I got to where I thought I should call Wilmington Approach to
report I was inbound for landing and said that I was about 25 miles to
the west of the airport. They gave me a squawk code and then radar
identified me.... about 18 miles EAST of the airport. The next landfall
would be the island of Bermuda.

Rather than test my swimming abilities to the max, I chose to take their
offer of radar vectors to the airport.

Embarassing, to say the least. I never again navigated by pilotage and
/or dead recconing at night again. From then on it was radio navigation
for me at night.

I was just kidding Mort; Like everybody else out here I've pulled my share
of boners along the way to be sure :-)))
Dudley Henrique

I've NEVER been lost. I've been "temporarily disoriented", but NEVER
lost!!!!! :-))))




I beleive the original quote belongs to Daniel Boone

can't say as ever I was lost,
but I was bewildered once for three days.

leadfoot wrote:

I beleive the original quote belongs to Daniel Boone

can't say as ever I was lost,
but I was bewildered once for three days.

You mean they were BOTH lost? What're the odds of that?

Someone ask Davy Crockett if he had ever been lost?
Davy said "Nope I've never been lost, but I was a mite confused for about two
weeks."

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:53:38 -0500, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:


I've NEVER been lost. I've been "temporarily disoriented", but NEVER
lost!!!!! :-))))
Dudley Henriques


GeorgeC

Jay Honeck wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.

Just think -- with the advent of GPS, this is one thread that no one
will understand in another 20 years.

Pilot in 2027: "Lost? How could you ever get *lost*?"

:-)

(Actually, it's already true now -- but we all still remember "BG" --
Before GPS...)



Post your GPS flat battery stories here ....



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Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck wrote:
Post your lost story here, so we can all laugh at them.

Just think -- with the advent of GPS, this is one thread that no one
will understand in another 20 years.

Pilot in 2027: "Lost? How could you ever get *lost*?"

:-)

(Actually, it's already true now -- but we all still remember "BG" --
Before GPS...)

Post your GPS flat battery stories here ....

Cheers

Dave Kearton

No problem.

Last summer, we were headed back to Atlanta from San Antonio, and were
dodging some pretty big weather in the process. Of course, the weather
avoidance put us in the proximity of a restricted area in Alabama, which I
was trying very hard to avoid.

And then I noticed that the information provided by the GPS didn't make any
sense. I was pretty sure I was holding the same heading I'd been maintaining
for a few minutes, but the GPS heading was off by 20 or 30 degrees and the
groundspeed was off by 50 knots. And the restricted area was getting
closer...

After a couple of minutes of consulting maps, repositioning the GPS antenna,
etc., I noticed that the portable MP3 player was sitting on the glareshield
right next to the GPS. Naah, couldn't be interference, I thought, but I
moved the MP3 player anyway.

The GPS started giving believable information, and things were right with
the world again. The missing 50 knots of groundspeed returned and I was
still clear of the restricted area.

Was I ever lost? Nope, but I was fairly concerned/confused for a couple of
minutes while I tried to sort out the situation.

It all proves that even a GPS isn't a good substitute for maintaining
situational awareness.

KB

Kyle Boatright wrote:


No problem.

Last summer, we were headed back to Atlanta from San Antonio, and were
dodging some pretty big weather in the process. Of course, the weather
avoidance put us in the proximity of a restricted area in Alabama,
which I was trying very hard to avoid.

And then I noticed that the information provided by the GPS didn't
make any sense. I was pretty sure I was holding the same heading I'd
been maintaining for a few minutes, but the GPS heading was off by
20 or 30 degrees and the groundspeed was off by 50 knots. And the
restricted area was getting closer...

After a couple of minutes of consulting maps, repositioning the GPS
antenna, etc., I noticed that the portable MP3 player was sitting on
the glareshield right next to the GPS. Naah, couldn't be
interference, I thought, but I moved the MP3 player anyway.

The GPS started giving believable information, and things were right
with the world again. The missing 50 knots of groundspeed returned
and I was still clear of the restricted area.

Was I ever lost? Nope, but I was fairly concerned/confused for a
couple of minutes while I tried to sort out the situation.

It all proves that even a GPS isn't a good substitute for maintaining
situational awareness.

KB



Absolutely. A few years ago, I was asked to source a reliable
distress system for a particular state capital's can't name them parking
inspectors.

Every once in a while, some moron would object to getting a ticket and try
to rough up the inspector. As it turns out, some of the 'sticker
lickers' welcomed the change in pace and could handle themselves quite well,
but there's only a few punters that you can flatten before your management
considers your career options.

A particular brand of phone was tried, 200 examples were purchased and
issued to the parking inspectors. As it happened, they worked fine
as a distress beacon - in the suburbs. In the high-rise parts of
town, in the back alleys and deep in the concrete jungle, these damned
phones could only ever see one or two satellites. So they reported
people in trouble in wheatfields 2-300km away.

Perhaps if they were fitted with a bayonet attachment .....


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Cheers

Dave Kearton