Stans Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Before GPS, before VOR and TACAN, before NDB radios, in the early years of flying there was a different navigation system for flying across the U.S. http://www.wimp.com/giantarrows/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 I have read about this system, and viewed the photos before. Factoring in fog, rain, and snow, it's pretty amazing that the pilots got to where they intended to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 We have it so easy these days, do we not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yep. Robert L. Scott's book "God is My Copilot" is a great read. He writes about his days flying air mail from Chicago to New York after graduating from West Point in 1932. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 I have not read his book. Does it have lots of pictures? You know I just look at books and magazines for the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 I don't remember. I'll have to dig it out from the basement. I bought it when I was around 10 years old or so. I look at magazines for the articles. No...really! Pictures are probably third...maybe fourth on my list. I am an intele...intlec...smart person you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Donnie. (Sigh) Smart ass doesn't equal smart person. I don't know how many times I have to explain that to you. OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Donnie. (Sigh) Smart ass doesn't equal smart person. I don't know how many times I have to explain that to you. OG My momma said I was smart! Even after I fell out of my crib the third time. You goin' against what my deceased momma said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I'm much rather be called a smart ass than a dumb ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I'm much rather be called a smart ass than a dumb ass. True dat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Hey, Stans, that bloody website, "wimp.com" put a Trojan on my PC! Did you have any problems? Or you, Donnie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 No, not me Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Didn't do it to me either. I just checked the page, no warnings, no problems. Wimp.com is billed as a family friendly site, maybe the came from one of those "other" sites, you know what I mean, very little text and lots of pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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