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The Heff
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a map ! puleeze . . . . .
erm, anyone else noticed it's 2009?
F*ck! I thought it was 19
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Technically I would first like to point out that we use charts in aviation, not maps. Just an idiosyncracy inherited from the nautical world.
Secondly, I actually agree with you that technology should make our lives easier, but only if one decides to accept it. I for one, have the strange notion that technology actually makes life expensive; so its actually a preferable solution to be a luddite on occasion. £17.50 for the relevant CAA chart or £600 pounds for a GPS (and you can't legally use GPS as a primary mode of navigation anyway) provides a convincing argument for the old-fashioned way. The fact that you use three separate GPS units just indicates that you have money to burn.
I really don't mind how you navigate, but why does it bother you that some pilots prefer to use charts?
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