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Old 7th September 2015 | 10:50
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TeeS
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Hi Boratron

1. Always work from map to ground (unless you are really lost!) know what you expect to see from the map and then look for it on the ground

2. Use big features a few minutes apart, don't try and identify every little village and road junction enroute (until you are nearly at destination where you will want a final easily identifiable big feature and then a series of smaller ones to lead you to your destination)

3. Make sure the feature is unique e.g. two towns may have very similar features but only one has a railway with a fork leaving the North West corner

4. If you are looking out the side windows to identify features you are getting behind the aircraft

5. If your destination is on a line feature crossing your track then make a positive error left or right, that way when you get to the line feature and your destination is not under your feet you have a good idea which way to turn

6. Roads, railways and rivers often run together. The order they lie in may give accurate information where you are crossing them

I think that's all I know

Cheers

TeeS
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