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Old December 24th 14, 01:28 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Daly[_2_]
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Default Is Glideplan still relevant?

On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 6:46:35 PM UTC-5, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
Given the level of moving map sophistication in the cockpit these days I am wondering what use, if any, Glideplan is to the soaring pilot. If you use it, where does it add value for you? Safety? training? XC planning or in flight navigation? Competition? Any stories o share?

Thanks,

Matt Herron


Works great if the electrons rebel... Also very useful for task-setting at contests. I used it to prepare a map of the authorized tow-out fields for aero retrieves for the tow pilots (length, freq, orientation, etc).

Dan
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