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Old 04-07-2004, 19:07   #9
QRQ 30
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As I think I said previously, if I hadn't seen it I may not believe it. A flashing mirror can penetrate a jungle canopy. Admitted you must first have sun but a pen-flare won't penetrate a high canopy. In daytimne a mirror will work anywhere a pen flare will. A flashing mirror in a sea of green will get your attention just as a flash from a car windshield.

Working in the low-tech time of the sixties and operating under canopy and with really screwed up maps we relied on a visual fix from an overflying aircraft at least once a day. The mirroerwas our primary and most effective instrument.
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