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Old 10th September 2005 | 09:21
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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An effective solution would be to change D&D procedure and make their intial response to a Training Fix call to be "Roger triangulation in process please state your position". In the case of a genuine Training Fix being required the student, PPL or instructor would respond "Position approx 2 miles North of Gloucester". D&D would then confirm that "your fix position indicated 4 miles North North West of Gloucester".
That's plenty enough uncertainty to get you into serious trouble given that ...
Old-fashioned 'lost procedure' is increasingly becoming irrelevant in south central and south east UK due to the airspace complexity.
The only time I've ever reported "uncertain of position" (not on 121.5) I knew where I was to within three or four miles, but I also knew that controlled airspace was not very far away.
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