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Old 4th Mar 2020, 17:28
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ShyTorque

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Originally Posted by Not Long Now
"OCK VOR/DME is only a short distance away anyway." but for how long? The aim is to 'rationalise' the DVORs in the UK, and many, including OCK, are well on the way to full removal from any AIP dependency.
I suppose avoiding the new, immediately adjacent Farnborough airspace would be far too easy if folk actually had working navaids in the area. It's much more sporting without them.

Maybe it's just a job creation scheme for the CAA enforcement branch...
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