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When I did my CAT-1 I thought I'd just use some pilotage from Oceano to New Cuyama. I did have DME from MQO as a reference so I knew I was close but just couldn't find the field. I saw some pavement and put it down - turns out it was a street in a nearby neighborhood! I thought, damn! if this was X-...

FYI, as a retired ATC, if we were giving a pilot a vector and later direct to a down stream fix we would have said something such as, "fly heading 230 vector for traffic (or whatever), expect direct POPPR. SoCal might not have the luxury of time so they just gave you direct POPPR. If you are no...