Altimeter Flight Computer VOR 
Plane and Pilot
JULY 31, 2025
My first logbook entry in 1992 records a flight in a Beechcraft Skipper , its compact cockpit and low-wing design thrilling for a novice pilot. Aviation then was a realm of VOR needles, paper charts, and the pure joy of stick-and-rudder flight. The GPS revolution changed that. Today, some pilots struggle if GPS fails.
Fear of Landing
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
I ignore him, select three VOR stations, determine our radial from each of them, draw it on the map, and determine our approximate position based on the intersection of the lines. I might as well chat with the altimeter. .” Understand that complacency kills. Can you see anything?”
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