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> Steve, dont start this bullshit.
>
> You know very well how it is done; you point the aircraft in the
> proper direction and fly for the proper amount of time, and you are
> there. Just like always.
>

Every now and then you post something like this which suggests youve never
flown an aircraft at all. What you suggest can quite easily be done if you
have an accurate timepiece and compass, know your TAS to a high degree of
accuracy, and know precisely what the actual wind is throughout the leg. Of
those four, you probably have an accurate timepiece. You certainly dont
know what the wind is doing, and the other two are iffy.


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> Its called dead reckoning, as you know very well.
>

Well, I certainly know what dead reckoning is, that makes one of us.


>
> As you are so often eager to point out to all of us, if it is not
> expressly prohibited by the regulations, it is legal to do it.
>

Were not talking about any regulations here. Is it legal to use dead
reckoning navigation on an IFR flight? Absolutely! Is it possible to
navigate direct to an intersection using only dead reckoning? Of course
not!


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> And yes, I have the necessary skills to do it.
>

No you dont, and neither does anyone else.

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