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On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 03:39:25 GMT, noone9999999@aol.com (Flavius
Vespasian) wrote:

>In article <39AD6302.191B04FF@trout.bioc.aecom.yu.edu>, Josep wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Assuming no GPS, no extra gadgets or ground references, what is the
>>"smart" way to fly to a VOR intersection (just using the two VORs)? With
>>my experience, the safest way would be to fly to one VOR (the closest
>>one, I guess) and then follow the radial until reaching the intersecting
>>radial from the second VOR. But that doesnt sound to me like the best
>>way to do that (again, without considering safety issues like terrain,
>>coverage, experience, etc... no ATC vectors either!).
>
>If you are flying IFR, you should not accept any clearance that requires you
>to fly directly to an intersection if you do not have some form of area
>navigation.
>
>

Baloney. Area navigation is not the only means of proceeding direct
to an intersection, as has been stated many times.



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