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I think the "recklessness" to which Douglas referred was not the
navigational procedure, but setting out on a long ocean voyage in a
single engined plane of doubtful reliability. Had the engine decided
that it had had enough and now was a good time to die, Chichester
would almost certainly have followed soon after.

But then, if it had been considered a sane thing to do, somebody
would have done it already. When somebody does something for the
first time, it is very rarely because the technology has not been
available to do it before. It is usually because he or she is willing
to give credence to some venture that anyone else in their right
minds would not contemplate! Such rare individuals are very driven
and either become heros, or die in attempt. Sometimes they manage
both at the same time.

Geoffrey Kolbe

in NavList 8612 Gary wrote:

>Well, I don't know that you can call it "reckless" since Chichester's
>deliberate offset navigation procedure became the standard navigation
>method for finding islands and was taught to thousands of navy and air
>corps navigators during the second world war. It was actually a just a
>modern implementation of the centuries old method of latitude sailing,
>approaching to one side of a destination, east or west, and then
>following the latitude LOP to the destination.
>
>See the texts I have posted on my website at :
>
>http://www.geocities.com/fredienoonan/
>
>Go to "List of topics" then to "Single LOP landfall procedure."
>
>gl


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