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Originally Posted by 7700  Here's a good way to remember True vs Mag Winds:
Anything you read (METAR's, TAF's, FD's, Wx Charts) is True
Anything your hear (ATIS, ASOS) is Magnetic |
To put this into further perspective, what are you doing when you READ numbers?... You are flight planning....
Flight planning begins with TRUE courses and headings, and that is the reason printed material is true and not magnetic. Just in case you were wondering...