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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

31st Jul 2009, 17:01

Replies: 36

Pilot Navigation

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Posted By Tinstaafl

Even in a C172 I'd try to get high. 6 or 8000,...

Even in a C172 I'd try to get high. 6 or 8000, depending on wind. If at MTOW in summer then climbs even to the lower levels can be slow, extending the period not in cruise conditions. I just found...

Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

31st Jul 2009, 02:36

Replies: 36

Pilot Navigation

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Posted By Tinstaafl

I usually didn't use my departure place as the...

I usually didn't use my departure place as the starting point for my enroute groundspeed & 1:60. Winds are too different at altitude compared to the surface, TAS is changing & so is GS. The higher...

Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

28th Jul 2009, 05:09

Replies: 36

Pilot Navigation

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Posted By Tinstaafl

Flying privately & commercially in Australia I...

Flying privately & commercially in Australia I used 1:60 all the time, even on straight legs up to 600nm across the desert. There are many, many areas where pilotage doesn't work. You can't just...

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