AN ELDERLY PVT PLT GOT LOST 2 DAYS IN A ROW ON A LONG SOLO CROSS COUNTRY.

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A 69 YR OLD PVT PLT; FLYING HIS OWN CHEROKEE WARRIOR; BECAME LOST AND/OR CONFUSED ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLT FROM THE BNA AREA TO THE GFK AREA. ON MONDAY; AUG; HE BECAME DISORIENTED IN THE VICINITY OF STL WHILE FLYING OVER CLOUDS. HE SEEMED TO BE HAVING PROBS WITH HIS VORS; BUT THEY LATER CHKED OUT PERFECTLY ON THE GND. THE RPTR LANDED AT SUS; A CTLED ARPT; WITHOUT TWR CLRNC THE RPTR THINKS THAT HE MAY HAVE ENTERED THE STL CLASS 'B' AIRSPACE ALSO. ON THE NEXT DAY; TUES; THE RPTR BECAME DISORIENTED ABOVE CLOUDS AGAIN IN THE VICINITY OF MCW. HE WAS GIVEN TOO MUCH HELP; TRYING TO TALK TO SEVERAL ENTITIES; BOTH ON THE GND AND AIRBORNE; THAT FURTHER CONFUSED THE RPTR. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL AN IOWA STATE TROOPER TOOK CHARGE AND DIRECTED THE RPTR TO MKT. THE RPTR ADMITS THAT HIS VORS CHKED OUT PERFECTLY ON THE GND AND THAT HIS MAP READING TECHNIQUE IS POOR (HE FOLLOWED E-W HWY 70 THINKING THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING N-S HWY 55). THE RPTR PROMISES NEVER AGAIN TO TAKE SUCH A LONG TRIP WITHOUT SOME ASSISTANCE IN NAVIGATING.