PH.VII.A.K5
KnowledgePlotting a course, including:
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- Chapter 16: Navigation
another while monitoring one’s position as the flight progresses. It introduces the need for planning, which includes plotting the course on an aeronautical chart, selecting checkpoints, measuring distances, obtaining pertinent weather information, and computing flight time, headings, and fuel…
- Chapter 16: Navigation › Pilotage
navigation by reference to landmarks or checkpoints. It is a method of navigation that can be used on any course that has adequate checkpoints, but it is more commonly used in conjunction with dead reckoning and VFR radio navigation ... lakes, and power lines. If possible, select features that make useful boundaries or brackets on each side of the course, such as highways, rivers, railroads, and mountains. A pilot can keep from drifting too far off course by referring…
- Chapter 16: Navigation › Charting the Course › Steps in Charting the Course
part 91 requirement to fly at an altitude of odd thousand plus 500 feet when on a magnetic course between 0 and 179°. Next, the pilot should measure the total distance of the course, as well as the distance between…
- Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Compass Systems › Magnetic Compass Induced Errors
Step 1: Determine the Magnetic Course True Course (180°) ± Variation (+10°) = Magnetic Course (190°) The magnetic course (190°) is steered if there is no deviation error to be applied. The compass card must now be considered for the compass course ... Step 2: Determine the Compass Course Magnetic Course (190°, from step 1) ± Deviation (–2°, from correction card) = Compass Course (188°) NOTE: Intermediate magnetic courses between those listed on the compass card need to be interpreted. Therefore, to steer a true…
- Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Aeronautical Decision-Making (ADM) › Choosing a Course of Action
Choosing a Course of Action After the problem has been identified, a pilot must evaluate the need to react to it and determine the actions to take to resolve the situation in the time available. The expected outcome of each ... rate sufficiently to clear the canyon wall, which was then only a hundred yards away, she realized the only course was to try to turn back to the landing zone on the canyon floor. Implementing the Decision and Evaluating…
- Glossary
designated geographic locations/ positions that help provide positive course guidance for navigation and a means of checking progress on a flight. They may or may not be actually plotted by the pilot on en route charts, but would normally ... communicated to ATC in terms of bearing and distance or latitude/longitude. An example of user-defined waypoints typically includes those derived from database-driven area navigation (RNAV) systems whereby latitude/longitude coordinate-based waypoints are generated by various means including keyboard…