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Old 15th Jun 2006, 23:27
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foxmoth
 
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Are you pulling my leg? The circular slide rule, dead reckoning, etc.
I would agree on the "circular sliderule", this has been well superceded. As far as DR goes, great when all the electronic gizmos are working, but when they all pack in (e.g. total electrical failure - or is that not possible anymore?) what have you got left to fall back on? If anything I would say you need to start with the "WW2" syllabus (with some mods such as allowing calculators instead of the wizz wheel), to give the backgound stuff and then there should be extra in the syllabus to cover GPS,TCAS and anything else that comes up in the future. Apart from the circular slide rule, what else would you actually change in the Syllabus?
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