Air Routes
These routes are what are thought to have been
the usual routes. Many flights did not follow these routes due to such things as
weather conditions etc. Another possible cause of a different route being flown
is track shortening due to low traffic density late at night.
Some of the routes are for a specific time
period. As most of my charts date from 1989, it is possible that some earlier
routes are not recorded. Any reader with more route data and the era they
occurred is asked to contact the author.
The latest routes described are taken from
enroute charts that can be at least six months out of date. As such they are not
to be used for real aircraft navigation.
Many of the locations mentioned are or were
VOR or NDB transmitter locations. Full details of these navaids are available
from pilot navigation charts.
The routes of the future will not use VOR and
NDB beacons. These are planned to be phased out by the following dates; Omega
1997/ Loran C 2000 / NDB 2005 / Tacan 2005 / VOR / DME 2010 / ILS 2010. GPS is
expected to be the nav tool. [Pascoe 1996 P.80]
These route lists are the result of extensive
historical research. If a reader has research material that can add to this
work, please advise.
Air routes discussed here include-
Australian Routes
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Included in this section because of proximity
to Australia or social/economic ties -
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Pacific Ocean Routes
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Asian/European Routes
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