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Earth's magnetic shift impacts Tampa International Airport
BayNews9.com ^
| 01/06/2011
| Holly Gregory
Posted on 01/06/2011 2:59:15 PM PST by devane617
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To: TXnMA
Add a 0 to the number to get the head. 19 would be 190 degrees. I think L and R designate headed N or S.
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posted on
01/06/2011 10:33:48 PM PST
by
screaminsunshine
(Beware the Big Government Media Complex)
To: GeronL
“just as likely as global warming!”
lol
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posted on
01/06/2011 10:54:27 PM PST
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
To: GATOR NAVY
Yes, as long as the north and south poles stay about where they are in relation to one another then we can safely go about our business. It is interesting that this article is about changes in Florida, which is within about the most uniform area of declination on the globe:
To: beebuster2000
I remember taking a land-nav course when I was in civil air patrol. One of the things they taught us to do was to correct for local declination when figuring out course. Couldn't pilots do the same?
CC
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01/17/2011 10:07:58 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(Good heavens Miss Takamoto, You're beautiful!)
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