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Old 13th Aug 2008, 14:46
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Varsity

I did a nav course at Bishops Court in 53-53. Valetta flying classrooms were used initially with 10 students, first allowed out on our own in Anson XIX, followed by the majority of the course in Varsity. One point, they would fly close to maximum allowed TAS in level flight, about 40 kts faster than specified on the flight plan. This was used if the pilot had a date that night. If it happened too often we needed an extra trip to make up the required hours. Longest trip around 8 hours on a single excercize.
Aids used were Astro, GEE and Rebecca
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