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From: gmm@bunker.UUCP (Gregory M. Mandas)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Re: aviation calculators
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 10:49:17 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 10:49:17 1984
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> > Of course, only 9 checkpoints won't make it past 
> > a cross country check ride.  My instructor wanted checkpoints every five 
> > minutes!
> 
> Arghh.  This seems a bit excessive.  I'd rather spend my time looking out
> the window than recalculating groundspeed all the time.

That IS the point. You should spend the time looking out the window. 
Remember pilotage. If you are talking about VFR (which I am) having a 
checkpoint every fine minutes is seeing if the RR tracks below are the
same ones one the map. I think today's pilots are caught up in the 
technology bit a little too much. 


Greg mandas
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