Originally Posted by
Mach E Avelli
All of these fancy watches have one thing in common - whether a 3000 buck Rolex or a 300 buck Timex they only tell the time now. The OP seems to have a problem with how to apply zone time for later in the flight when a forecast published in UTC will take effect. For that, all that is needed is to know the zone time difference, and how to add or subtract that from UTC. Mental arithmetic is the quickest and easiest way to do this. No magic watch required. Assuming you know roughly how long your flight will take from where you are sitting while planning, simply look at the clock on the wall. Big hand/little hand (or if a digital clock, make it easy and set it to 24 hour format). Getting forecast updates in flight is a no-brainer, because all aircraft GPS nav systems display UTC.
A bit like instantly knowing reciprocals (adding/subtracting 180), this stuff is an essential piloting skill, easily learned by all but the most dyslexic.. Maybe an examination in basic mental math should be part of the PPL test?
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