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A comment on SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story. Parent comment

Re:SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story by nohankyou on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @07:15PM (#36065101)
Exactly, I love pre-glass instrumentation. I still fly DME arcs manually all the time... in flight simulator.

I have flown gliders though, which helps avoid excessive technology.

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Re:SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story by unionemployee on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:40PM (#36075913)
Ha. I did fly a real non-radar DME arc in a PC-12 using just the bearing pointer...once.
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