On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:17:26 -0700, chip.bearden wrote:

Cool. One card per turnpoint. Manually sorted/indexed for your easy
access. "Aww crap, can't find turnpoint #2 - it must've slipped behind
my back".

Using punched paper tape would solve that problem, Erik. Same
technology, different medium.

There's a problem: there's no stairwell in most gliders. I used to work
with paper tape and the stair-well is essential. If you get a large roll
tangled, e.g. drop it and have the centre fall out, the quick fix is to
hold one end, dump the rest down the stair well and wind it up again.
OTOH I can imagine loose tape in a cockpit trussing the pilot like a
turkey ready for Thanksgiving.


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