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Old 22nd Mar 2021, 23:14
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Genghis the Engineer
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For somebody developing their skills?

Paper chart, PLOG, whizz-wheel. For both VFR and IFR.

Use the computer to source met and NOTAMs, if necessary for downloading approach plates, then leave it alone. You need to learn the basic principles as well as possible, not learn how to use software to make your life easier - that comes later.

If you really must, have plates and a chart in flight on a tablet on something like Rocketroute. And have them on paper as well, and make damned sure that EVERYTHING you do is on paper until you have passed your CPL and IR.

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