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Old 16th Jun 2011, 08:13
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Nordhorn Range (for the Strike Target)

Back in the mid 90s we, the old and bold, used to pre-prepare a Nordhorn Strike Target map on the colour photocopier for our new squadron arrivals to reduce the pressure on them for their first trip to the range in their Strike qualification work-up! Of course, anybody who has been to the range knows just how few features there were/are on a heading of 161 from 'the church' past the 'old lady's house' and the 'crow's foot' to the Strike Target, so you needed all the help you could get in the planning stages!!

So, by clever use of 2 maps and by superimposing an autobahn just to the left of track and then photocopying the result we dispatched the new crew off to the range with every advantage and bursting with confidence!!!!

Great days with no fun police in sight!

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