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Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Fear of Landing

One hour out, our ground speed is an absurdly slow: seventy knots as indicated by our distance measuring equipment (DME). 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.