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Old 17th Oct 2015, 21:30
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Originally Posted by mvsb1863
The most intriguing question is how we survived so many decades choosing the runway for landing using only the wind reported by the Tower ???

UN-BE-LIE-VA-BLE
A case of too much information confusing the issue, also too much precision.

Reminds me of landing 10kg over weight in an aircraft with digital fuel gauges. Put analogue gauges in and you can't discern the fuel reading to that precision and don't worry about it.
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