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Originally Posted by dmcummins
I'll be glad when I get this done and can use a gps. Except for rivers and lakes all those little towns and roads look the same to me on the sectionals. My base airport is next to the Mississippi river, so if all else fails I look for the river and follow it home.
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Gosh that sounds exactly like me when I first learned to fly. Got the adrenalin going when I was doing the same shortly after I had gone solo. Ceiling went down to 500 feet but landed safely. The owner/instructor had his hands on his hips when I arrived. He was madder than a hornet. GPS is no substitute for good map reading but is a great tool in case you are lost. Worst case scenario is low flying, low ceiling,low vis, map on your knee and towers, hills in the vicinity. If the weather looks bad, better off staying on the ground.