> I think it is a holdover from the original A/N range, where one flew a fixed
> beam, with a Morse A on one side and an N on the other. They blended into a
> continuous tone when one was "on the beam". That was just disappearing, and
> VOR was all the rage, when I started flying in 1957. "Range" was a part of
> the culture, and VOR gave one omni-ranges instead of the single beam.
In those days, nature had a way of thinning out those who couldn't
navigate very well.
Now, with GPS, nature has a way of thinning those out who can't
program the autopilot very well.
AG
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