Ryu2 From Taiwan, joined Aug 2002, 460 posts, RR: 0 Posted (12 years 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 791 times:
Has anyone seen the Airshow display on flights? Sometimes during the flight, a white circle appears over a point on a map, and on the bottom of the screen, a text indicates where the circle is -- the geographical name.
Does anyone know what this circle is meant to represent, or is it just randomly chosen by the computer as a nearby point. At first I thought that they might be the currently-tracking VOR by the aircraft, but even on oceanic flights, far beyond navaid range, sometimes, there is a circle still. Also, some of the names do not correspond to any navaid.
The circle always appears on land, never in water.
F-WWAI From Andorra, joined Dec 1999, 131 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (12 years 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 766 times:
the spots highlighted on the airshow have nothing to do with navigation. they are just cues to tell the self loading cargo about a small village they might have passed one day at 100 mph. ... for fun and orientation, just feel good you'r not far away from earth...
have fun, FW
OH-LGA From Denmark, joined Oct 1999, 1428 posts, RR: 22 Reply 2, posted (12 years 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 748 times:
Yea... I've seen this while flying...
I think it might have something to do with a ground tracking station, even if they don't link up with a VOR. Or possibly it's the closest airport the plane would be diverting to in the event of an emergency? Possible...
Kai
Head in the clouds... yet feet planted firmly on the ground.
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