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Check the route

Enter the current wind (no wind calculations as default)

Current route.

Look at the same route with wind calculations. 5230N 0230W @ 2000 ft. 200 15.

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6 Print Current Plan

Sends this plan to the printer.

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Return route.

2 New Plan

Select 2.

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Point of departure OXFORD is found. NORTHLEACH ROUNDABOUT is not.

Warning
titleUSE DMS FORMAT

Latitude and Longitude can be given either as a decimal value or in Degree, Minutes and Second format.
Pilot Companion uses DMS. Using the wrong unit ensures errors.

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Select 2.

Info
titleLook up position (Lat & Long)

Look up the VRP

** BRIZE NORTON
0,51:50.250N,001:50.150W,0F,W,000 A40 NORTHLEACH ROUNDABOUT VRP
** BRIZE NORTON (ENR 2.1)

Enter Latitude and Longitude.

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Select Y when the data is correct.

Info
titleLook up position (Lat & Long)

EGBO:N/A:WOLVERHAMPTON:HALFPENNY GREEN:ENGLAND:52:31:03:N:02:15:35:U:0282
EGBP:N/A:KEMBLE:PAILTON:U.K.:51:40:05:N:02:03:25:U:0433
EGBS:N/A::SHOBDON:U.K.:00:00:00:U:00:00:00:U:0000

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Enter another new way point for Kemble.

No more way points, press  to continue,

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To check headings, no wind data ia entered,

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3 Old Plans

4 Other Functions

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5 Airfield Data Bases

6 Aircraft Functions

 

Files & Databases

EPROMRAM
/boot.cliboot.cli
/EPROMLOADEPROMLOAD
/settings.dbfsettings.dbf
/data.dbfdata.dbf
/way.dbfway.dbf
/UPD.DBFUPD.DBF
/vor.dbfvor.dbf
/pos.clipos.cli
/pon.clipon.cli
/ndb.dbfndb.dbf
/erameram
/way2way2
  

 

To get some idea of what data is there, here is a Pipedream view of the data.

rev and temp are used for the current plan.

data

Airfields DBase

vor

ndbupdwayway2
data.dbf

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(c) 1988ast
vor.dbf

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UPD.DBF

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way.dbf

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data.dbf

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This is the Airfields database that comes with the program. The user is not invited to change this.

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(c)1988ast
ndb.dbf (c)1988upd.dbfWAYBBC BASIC
ABERDEEN
ADN
AQRTYNEARAB 
571215N
571838N
570818N572359N572359N 
021155W
021556W022411W020717W020717W 
EGPD
VOR 114.3NDB 336.0QQ 
ALDERNEY
BKYADN   
494225N
515944N571608N   
021248W
000359E021453W   
EGJA
VOR 116.25

NDB 377.0

   
ANDREWSFIELD
BELAP   
515340N
543940N

520659N

   
002705E
061344W043334W   
EGSL
VOR 117.2NDB 370.5   
      

Plan a Flight

Let's go to AV8 restaurant at Kemble via Northleach Roundabout for lunch from Oxford.

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