............at least they had a radio of some sort when HE started flying......
Move over in the foxhole........... On 11/20/05, Scott William <scot...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Now that's OLD...... > > (duckin and runnin) > > Scott > > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:06:36 -0600 "Pat Driscoll" > > <patric...@usfamily.net> writes: > > > Some of you youngsters out there Don't remember > > when after learning > > > to use the E6B and chart, we were told how to look > > for the > > > navigation light towers. We could line up on a > > rotating light and > > > check the chart for the direction to the next > > light and then follow > > > the lights to anywhere in the country. I flew a > > C-45 from ElPaso to > > > Witchita on the lights. at the same time,(at least > > when I started > > > flying) we had the A-N radio range where you had > > to keep a steady > > > tone in the headsets to stay on course. With a 3 > > degree spread on > > > the signal, you could be 45 miles away from the > > station and fly in a > > > cilcle and still keep a steady tone in the > > headset. > > > By the way, I think that the only remaining > > light tower > > > (Navigation type) is just a few miles from me on a > > bluff overlooking > > > the Mississippi at Saint Paul. > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jerry Mahurin - aka - KRJerry Lugoff, SC 29078
