Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 23, 2022

seriously, Marcie

Why do I think, no matter which method they choose, they will end up shot down over France?

Marcie … Google VFR .. oh wait … nevermind!

In this case, you may not want to take that right turn at Albuquerque!

And this was before the GPS was invented.

So does Charlie Brown live in Riverside or that’s just where the race starts? I can’t picture the Peanuts gang being from Riverside!

I think MArcie thinks they were gonna follow Peppermint Patty’s instincts/guts.

If this is to be a coast-to-coast race, why does it end in Michigan?

Dead Reckoning. You either reckon correctly or you’re dead.

Dead reckoning is the “art” of flying to one’s destination by maintaining airspeed, heading and keeping accurate time without reference to anything else.

I had the honor of meeting a Japanese pilot who flew in World War II. He flew to those same little dots in the Pacific Ocean that we did. We had a navigator and electronic navigation aids. He had a compass, airspeed indicator and a clock.

A map, your pants-seat – whatever gets you nowhere faster.

Peppermint Patty doesn’t understand most vernacular.

I guess this is the first time I’ve explicitly seen it stated that the Peanuts crowd is based in Riverside, CA

Which of them knows how to read a map?

Great job getting someone to give you the perfect setup for your pun, Marcie. That’s incredibly hard to do.

Back in the 20s and 30s pilots had huge concrete arrows in the ground to follow.

https://sometimes-interesting.com/concrete-arrows-and-the-u-s-airmail-beacon-system/

Are these being run in original order? It seems strange—a day or two of powderpuff derby, a day or two of CB at Joe’s baseball game, a day of powderpuff. . .

“And don’t call me ‘Sir.’”

Boy, they are in for a shock when that thing doesn’t fly

speaking of seats, theirs are going to be pretty sore at the end of that flight

Ladies,beware of Sir Percival Ware—Armitage.He cheats at croquet.

Down

Down

Down

Down

(As I said before, someone will get that)

“Don’t be vulgar, Marcie!”

“Well, why the #$%&!! shouldn’t I?”

I want to have faith in Peppermint Patty, but considering that she doesn’t always seem to function well in the real world, I have some doubts about her ability to read and follow a map. I mean, she and Marcie have already rented a doghouse, believing that it’s an airplane.

Shouldn’t it be the seat of our pants, March?

Michigan’s lower peninsula is easy to find, it’s hand shaped