In article ,
"ShawnD2112" wrote:

In the interest of opening my own fuel vessel and passing out the matches,
I'll offer that a book I read addresses this issue specifically from a
gender perspective. The research showed that men will typically orient
north up and do the mental gymnastics in their heads - the male brain is
built such that this is a strength. Women's brains are apparently wired
differently and don't cope with the 3-D spatial analysis as well and so they
will typically orient along the track and turn the map every which way,
keeping the left on the left and so on.

Of course there are always exceptions so you don't all have to individually
respond to say this doesn't apply to you.

According to my sources, USAF Navs for heavy aircraft are (were?) taught
north-up. F-111 WSO's were taught track-up.

--
Bob Noel
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