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Old 1st June 2004 | 16:16
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scroggs
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Don't forget that VOR radials are limited by line-of-sight. The maximum range that you'll get a VOR signal at normal cruising altitudes is 200nm or so, and you'd be pretty daft to attempt to fly a radial at much beyond 120 miles. Unless you're in northern Canada, the magnetic heading required to track the radial won't change very significantly in 120 miles.

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