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Old September 24th 04, 07:36 PM
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Default Why 000-179 ... and not 001-180??


Since 000 is not a real direction... (North is 360) ..., is there some
significant history why easterly/westerly cruising altitudes were chosen on
the basis of: 000-179 --- 180-359
as opposed to the more intuitive: 001-180 --- 181-360 ???