TLAR Navigation and pilotage..
I leave the plotter and the Whizwheel in the flight bag, that is for pre
mission planning.
After a career flying at 9nm/min and 500ft AGL, TALR Navigation works just
fine.
Yes, 9nm per minute is 540Knots.

You don't need a plotter to measure distance or direction.
Every VOR has a compass rose set to Magnetic north, estimate the direction
using that.
Finger lengths or knuckle lengths, learn what yours is.
Oh.. and if you have been taught correctly about charts.
Those lines on the chart used to measure latitude.. they have 1nm tick marks
on them.

Yes.. it is 60 nm from N35-00 to N36-00, regardless of the scale of the
chart.

BT

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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I see tons of restricted areas, MOAs, Class B, C, D, E airspace, and
the like on charts, but no clear indication of how to locate the
boundaries of these areas other than by pure guesstimate based on
looking at the chart. On rare occasions I see a radial noted as the
boundary of an area, or a radius, but in many cases there is nothing.
How in the world are you supposed to know when you are inside or
outside one of these areas, if you are not flying miles away from
them?

Yes, GPS units and some other devices may provide real-time display of
one's position with these areas superimposed, but such devices have
not always been available.

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