Before the advent of today\'s technology, with the many varieties of communication and navigation available via iPads, iPhones, and streaming information into today\'s cockpits, the pilot had to solely rely on information provided through the aircraft\'s communication and navigation radios.
Loss of these radios, through a complete electrical failure, on a dark stormy night would place the pilot and his aircraft in the position of being blind and deaf while they flew with no navigational.
Before the advent of today\'s technology, with the many varieties of communication and navigation available via iPads, iPhones, and streaming information into today\'s cockpits, the pilot had to solely rely on information provided through the aircraft\'s communication and navigation radios