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Old 4th June 2008 | 07:47
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Wellington Bomber
 
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It is always on the outbound leg after flying over the beacon or abeam the beacon with wings level whichever latest.

If you have a headwind component of say 20kts then the outbound time is 1min 20sec

if you have a tailwind component of 20 kts then the outbound time is only 40 seconds
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