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Old 27th Jun 2012, 08:42
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mad_jock
 
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Not a problem.

Some of the stuff you are being asked to learn may seem useless just now and may very well be if your career goes in certain directions.

I suspect PACO has far more entertaining storys about navigating round the world with a broken pencil, bit of wet seaweed and a condom as his only nav aids. At least I had access to a pair of dividers.

But it just shows you though 2.5 million dollar aircraft, honeywell EFIS avionics and we were twiddling a pair of dividers and looking out the window at FL240 for an hour and half trying to spot roads. I might add I was quite chuffed when we did eventually pick up a VOR we were only 3 degree off the radial that I predicted so 6 miles off track.

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