I think Catdriver talks a lot of sense.. .Whats wrong with setting course from a point, say a mile from the airfield??? My own airfield has parachuting all day, everyday, so setting course overhead is for bozo's. Take off, fly to the selected point and then turn on track your destination - easy. . .I admit CPL and ATPL standards are higher, but why can't the ordinary PPL also have high standards too? Reminds me of the guy who mistook his destination of Compton Abbas for Bournemouth a few years ago. A large Tarmac runway 2 miles from the sea as opposed to a small grass strip 40 miles inland! Would setting course overhead the departure airfield have helped him??? Makes you think about pilots personal standards....... <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
[ 24 February 2002: Message edited by: Zlin526 ]</p>