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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 2:33 am
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steve170461
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Originally Posted by mjh0
I'll just date myself by saying I remember WOBUNs and WELINs and none of this new-fangled UMLAT... and what was that beacon they used on arrivals before there was BNN? Garston (Watford)?

It's part science, part game of chance (as in which hand the Air Deps controller is dealt), part black art. Lovely explanation.

May my SHTs always jump the queue and get intersections.
Are you thinking of WCO before BNN? There was nothing like a "WCO snatch" when Heathrow were on Easterlies.
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