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Old March 5th 06, 01:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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I do if I'm going to someplace that I have never been to
before and only know by name. The chart IS that
information.



"John Clonts" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| see the sun or moon or the North Star. Maybe you "know"
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| river and will follow it [MSP to STL, for example] but
| navigation requires the navigator to have information.
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| Right, the point was you don't necessarily need a map or
chart, to have that "information"...
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