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Old 16th February 2025 | 19:39
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Wide Mouth Frog
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Originally Posted by deltafox44
She said there were no defined boundaries, though there were marked in blue on the maps. As already noted here, the width of the routes (as marked on the maps) is different from one map to another, especially when not at the same scale. There is a good reason for not having precise boundaries, they are VFR routes and there is no means to determine the position from the center of the route with a good accuracy, it is just visual navigation. And at night.
Errr. No means to identify the East bank of a major river in the middle of a well lit city at night ? Not sure about that. They are what they are though and I'm sure Jennifer would have checked her facts. Just by way of comparison, I can assure you if you were 1000ft away from the London Heliroutes over Heathrow you'd have the undivided attention of the controller.
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