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That's what I was saying. Although it is pretty sad that the nationwide
system cannot keep everything together in a unified way. It's not that it's that much
data... just that the system is so old that it cannot handle it. If a couple
megabytes of memory in a GPS can handle every APT, VOR, ADF, INT for all of north
america, regular computers shouldn't have trouble.

You don't know what you're asking for. A few MB of computer memory is
not the issue. If you take off VFR and fly from Miami to Seattle you
want you're IFR clearance to be ready at each controllers position along
the way. Do you have any idea how many IFR flightplans never get used
in the course of an average day?