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Unofficial Coordinates for the Williams Soaring Center, California Control Points


Courtesy of Peter J. Kelly ( pjkelly(at)sonic.net )
Dated: 17 April 2010
Magnetic Variation: 14.6E
Time zone: US/Pacific, summer offset from GMT is -7:00 and in winter it is -8:00.

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The primary specification of the waypoint coordinates is degrees and decimal minutes

File Name/Version wsc10

Names: TP Names are alphabetical with WSC (the home base)listed first with a numeral one preceding the name WSC

Elevations: Many Elevations are rounded.

Classification of each TP is contained in the name Last 3 characters of each TP will be one of these three - R = Runway on sectional, - E = Emergency Landing area, - U = Unlandable area

Qualification: After the letter is a qualification number 1, 2, or 3 is good, 7, 8, or 9 is bad.

Comments at end of line may include:


Notice about Landing Sites: Choice of landing sites is a pilot's personal responsibility.   The Landing Attribute L has been amended to a few of the control points that MAY have been landable in the past, but they may not be landable any longer.   Pilots must decide for themselves which control points may be landable for them, and then add or delete attributes as appropriate.

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