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Old 11th January 2009 | 09:41
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Hot Rod
 
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Reimers description is correct. The ND is using current GS and the FMGC uses the entered winds for predictions. Sometimes the difference can be several minutes.

This also makes it good to use "abeam points" when going direct, otherwise you take away the wind predictions.
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