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Old 12-18-2015 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 2xAGM114

The fact that the conventional SID can pulled from the database is more of a convenience.
True. But your airplane/OPSPEC/FMS may not be authorized to fly a non-RNAV SID using the FMS. The usual workaround is to also display raw NAVAID data to verify that the FMS (and AP) is tracking correctly.
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