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TK up is for mouth breathing invertebrates who never really learned to formulate a map in their head which they compare to the sectional and any other nav instruments they may be using. I see people like this all the time, they have to rotate their sectional chart whenever they change heading or they will get confused. These are the same people that get lost when flying south because now left on the map does not mean left in the world. I have found that pilots navigating with GPS most often loose situational awareness when using TK up than using North up. The folks using TK up know only that they are heading toward whatever they punched in for "Direct To". These are the people that cannot adequately tell ATC their location in reference to a nearby town or airport because they can't relate their left and right to north and south. As you mentioned in the first sentence of your post, "TK up is better when you know where you are." You folks flying around with TK up because it appears to be easier, you are just asking for a navigation related airspace bust. Most pilots using GPS as their primary means of navigation don't know exactly where they are, so by your statement they should probably be using North Up. If they knew where they were they wouldn't be using the GPS. Todd Pattist wrote in : sdfsdf wrote: TK up is better when you know where you are. North up is probably better if you don't and are trying to compare GPS to the sectional. Todd Pattist (Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.) ___ Make a commitment to learn something from every flight. Share what you learn. |
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