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Old Sep 29, 2006 | 9:02 pm
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Originally Posted by topsy1970
Maps are from days of old. Nowdays, its VOR and waypoints programmed into a computer.
You would be surprised. Although most navigation is between VORs or computer waypoints, there are still paper charts carried as a backup (also to tell the pilot what VOR to tune next if there is no computer on board). Maps are certainly not obsolete in aviation just yet.
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