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NKClearNavManual•Version0.5•July3,2008

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4.2.5 GlideAmoebae

TheGlideAmoebae(pluralformofGlideAmoeba)arepowerfulgraphical displayitemswhichmakeit

obviousataglancehowfaryoucanglideinanydirection.AnyairportorfieldthatisinsidetheGlide

Amoebaeiswithingliderange.Thereare2GlideAmoebaedisplayedonthemap.Thearrivalaltitudes

foreachGlideAmoebaareadjustable.ThereisalsoanoptionalMSLAltitudeGlideRing

whichis

describedinthenextsection.

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ExampleshowingtheGlideAmoebaeinmountainousterrain

AsyoucanseeintheimageabovetheGlideAmoebaecantakeonstrange“amoeba‐like”shapeswhen

flyinginmountainousterrain.ThepurpleGlideAmoebahasaflatspotonthetopleft

sidewherea

mountainridgeislocated.ThepointswheretheGlideAmoebashootsout(suchasattheleftside)is

wherethereisamountainpassthatcanbeglidedthoughandonintothevalleybeyond.

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