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Old 23rd March 2009 | 11:40
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airborne_artist
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In this case it can't be 52 deg, 07 min. and 62 seconds, 'cos there are only 60 secs in a min. so it must be 07.62 mins - as someone said around 37 secs if you are trying to plot on a large scale chart.
However, as already pointed out further up, the seconds/decimals of a minute are insignificant for the task in hand. Vital if you are directing weapons onto a battlefield, but not important when flying as a PPL.
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