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Old 6th May 2004 | 13:15
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Ropey Pilot
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As far as I know the origins of the Q codes were from when morse was the method of communication (far quicker to spell Q** than "request weather at destination" - in fact still far quicker to say QFE then " pressure setting at airfield level"

As for the choice of letters - Some connection between the meaning and chioce of letters would be nice, but if there are several thousand I think that would be asking a bit much!
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