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Old 22nd Jul 2006, 08:33
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It is not just the VFR guys that become dependent on the GPS and not question what it says.

Wish I had a beer for every time I heard enroute ATC ask us and others for "latest estimate GAFER" or wherever once we had levelled off at F290/F350 or "latest estimate YWUP"....

Obviously they are asking because some jokers that sit in turboprops and older turbojets don't factor in the TAS and groundspeed changes during climb/descent and just read the ETA off the screen based on present speed
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