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Like AM radio, magnetic headings are still with us, even though
navigation in general has advanced by leaps and bounds. When will true headings be used? The magnetic poles are in continuous motion; the rotational poles are stable. Eventually, the magnetic poles will move so far that every station and aircraft everywhere will have to be recalibrated to account for it, and all charts will have to be changed. And the poles occasionally reverse, which would also be somewhat of a disaster for magnetically-based aviation. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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