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Old 25th January 2011 | 17:13
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IO540
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Are these the places I can see if I look in AIS-IAIP-en route charts-lower ATS routes?
If so, is there a better chart available? I still couldn't find ORTAC or ROLEX.
Some of them show up on the CAA 500k map - e.g. look at the boundary with France and you will see ORTAC GARMI NEVIL SITET etc etc. all along that line.

Over land, few if any are shown.

They are on the IFR (e.g. Lower Airways) charts but those are useless for non-airways flight (they are pretty naff for airways flight too ).

They are fortunately found in Navbox and Flitestar. I don't know if Skydemon shows them (it must do) and I don't know if Flitestar VFR shows them. I think PocketFMS also shows them.

I use Navbox for low level flight, in conjunction with the printed 500k chart.

As a superficial example, Elstree to Bembridge could be done as

BOV BENSU VAPID HAZEL

BOV WOD MID is done wholly on navaids but goes right up to the LHR CAS (not good).

Anyway you get the idea. These intersections are really handy, if you are using a PC to do the plog. I've been doing all low level flights this way since the day I got the PPL.

Handheld GPSs have them in the database.
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