Ahh kinda reminds me of me of my commercial exams, I still don't believe 90%
of the places exist.
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia." <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Decodes for area met briefings
Not so Robert
The PCA contains a map on one side with Area Forecast boundaries, HF
frequencies and all the MET locations identified by code, and on the other
side a complete list of these locations both by name and by code.
Some of them are IFR waypoints (eg LEYOX - which is very close to an old
one called OXLEY that is in Western NSW, and GAFFA which is in the middle
of nowhere - the Great Australian not-very-much) whilst others are
aerodromes and others are 3 or 4 letter codes for places without an
aerodrome,
Apart from the fact that these are what is used in all sorts of weather
reports and forecasts, as others have said there is no reason not to use
their real names (where they have one) but it will still need a map of
some sort to see where they are - hence the PCA and its regular updates.
And if you think people don't need a special map for the purpose, can
readers pinpoint the following without referring to a map?
Gulargambone
Tullibigeal
Oodnagalarvie
Bolivia
Richmond - all 7 of them?
Point Perpendicular
Seal Rocks
Warburton
Cape Leveque
Coober Pedy
(just to pick 10 location names at random)
Wombat
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