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Old 9th Nov 2007, 22:49
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heliski22
 
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I had a fight with my PPL insitructor many years ago. He insisted I should read the map "track up", I insisted I would read it "north up"!

I never gave in and continue to do it to this day. Even the moving map display is set to "north up" and I have to change it back whenever my relief pilot has been in the machine.

The "north up" habit comes from my pre-flying days when I used to sit as a navigator in night-time road rallies, where direction changed every couple of hundred yards. Turning the map to face the direction of travel was out of the question in such an environment and was generally frowned upon as the mark of a less skilful navigator in the circumstances.

Possibly getting a little off-thread but still map-use related.
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