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Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 5:05 AM
Subject: TWL: Re: RE: CG Auxiliary and right of way
> I think it's interesting that while GPS navigation has by and large
> freed aircraft pilots from having to plod from VORTAC to VORTAC (and
> thereby congregating aircraft over the same routes and over the same
> marks) <snip>
FWIW - While GPS and/or Inertial do give Aircraft the capability of going
direct via a "Great Circle" - the reality is that ATC (Air Traffic Control)
by and large still precludes it. Sometimes (mostly in the middle of the
night), in someplace (mostly North America) YES, but generally not in any
congested airspace like the eastern US.
But you're right about what you see on the water.
Dick Nielsen
"Keebird"
38' Bayliner
Seattle
