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Old 14th January 2011 | 13:21
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Originally Posted by BackPacker
My Jeppessen VFR/GPS chart (EB/EH) says "1:500.000" in bold letters. And in normal font: "True Scale at N51º - 1:515.000"

So it might not be that your chart has shrunk, but the difference is somehow designed in.
If it's the same as mine (current issue EG-5), it actually says 1:501,500 which is an error of 0.3%, or 1 mile in 333 - or approximately the width of the chart.

I'd love to be able to say that I can fly to an accuracy that comes close to that mattering. But I can't.

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