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There are three Norths commonly in use in Great Britain. Grid North the direction of a grid line which is parallel to the central meridian on the National Grid. True North is the direction of a meridian of longitude which converges on the North Pole. Magnetic North is the direction indicated by a magnetic compass. Magnetic North moves slowly with a variable rate and currently is west of Grid North in Great Britain The true north is the point in the northern hemisphere about which the plant rotates. Also known as the north pole. Most aircraft in the world now use global positioning systems which are referenced to global co-ordinates and are highly accurate. The thing to realise is the earths magnetism field varies each year be a small amount when referenced to true north. All professional pilots need to understand what is called variation since every aircraft has a magnetic compass in the cockpit should all other systems fail.(Highly, highly UNLIKELY.) Your loft position is referenced to the global navigation position system and this is constant regardless of planetary magnetic variation. Above is small sample of commercial pilot training. Now, how to get my birds to understand all this............... cheers

Lot 16 £70 Please

Yeah, Was good to see so many pigeon folk supporting the cause. Might even enter a class next year.

And the first week in a few when I WASN'T sat in his garden waiting for them. Don't worry though I will be there next week so he will be cursing then.

Not sure if I can do this but does anybody know if Gary Ash is still flying around the south Manchester area ? Cheers Dave

So me offer to take her down to KFC and giving her me special 76 ring wont do then. ?

Thanks Andy, Got to say I am really impressed by the response of the local and not so local guys/girls on the site. Think although not flying right now the friendly welcome means I am hooked again and will try to help the sport in any way I can. Dave

DWJ Thanks for that.I had found the Fed information the other day but wasn't sure about the abbreviated club names and locations. But am going to stick with the press and forum and I am sure I will pick it up. Spent a lot of time down in the Manchester area and had a small loft then. Used to fly in Altrincham & District Fed but never got any results. Working for a living got in the way. So will be an armchair racer at present. Thanks Dave

G'Day John, Now how efficient is that. I post and you reply virtually instantly. Thanks. I was looking for results for North Of Scotland races since it strikes me flying this far north must be a real challenge. Dave

Hi There folks, As you can see I am very new to the forum and was looking around for more information on the racing scene in the North of Scotland. Having had a very intermittent career with pigeons from the age of 10 but due to work commitments don't have any at present.(But am hatching a cunning plan). I have recently moved to Inverness and have not spotted any circling birds whilst out and about. I did notice some birds whilst passing through Nairn on the train and have seen some posts from Susan who is involved with the Elgin club. Are there more local clubs ? how does the North Of Scotland Fed work ? Are there regular write ups in the pigeon press on things up north. Cheers Dave