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Old 4th Feb 2004, 01:38
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IO540
 
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May I ask: who needs these fancy "pilots" watches?

For actual flying, they offer nothing over the cheapest wristwatch with a stopwatch function. And even that is rarely used; the only time I've used a stopwatch function in the last 2 years was for timing holds.

If one is navigating PPL-style (by dead-reckoning) then a straight stopwatch is likely to be better because of its big buttons; one is constantly pressing them and a wristwatch is just too fiddly.....
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