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Old 23rd Dec 2013, 16:17
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BEagle
 
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The art of Navigation is to get from A to B by flying a series of headings; the map is merely there to verify that you are where you think you are, and to give you a pictorial presentation of those places where you should not be.
Absolutely so!

Back in flying training days on the Jet Provost, one student wouldn't stop trying to read his map all the time. So his instructor gave him a map for the next navex which had a blank sheet of paper stuck over hthe route, with holes cut out of it so that only the topography within a 4 mile radius of fix points and turning points could be seen. "That'll stop you map reading!", the instructor told him, "Fly your heading and time until you're within a minute of the fix and you'll see it works!".

And lo! - it did.
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