PL.VIII.A.K5a
KnowledgePlotting a course, including:
Determining heading, speed, and course
From the FAA library
- Chapter 16: Navigation › Effect of Wind
determining the amount of drift, the pilot can counteract the effect of the wind and make the track of the aircraft coincide with the desired course. If the mass of air is moving across the course from the left ... aircraft drifts to the right, and a correction must be made by heading the aircraft sufficiently to the left to offset this drift. In other words, if the wind is from the left, the correction is made by pointing…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 3. En Route Procedures › 5-3-8. Holding
entry turn from aircraft heading upon arrival at the holding fix; +/- 5 degrees in heading is considered to be within allowable good operating limits for determining entry. When using RNAV lateral guidance for holding, it is permissible to allow ... execute a fly-by turn beginning at an excessively large distance from the holding fix. Reducing speed to the maximum holding speed at least 3 minutes prior to reaching the holding fix and using the recommended 25 degree bank angle…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 4. ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation › 4-4-12. Speed Adjustments
Instruct the pilot to “resume published speed.” Resume published speed is issued to terminate a speed adjustment where speed restrictions are published on a charted procedure. NOTE-When instructed to “comply with speed restrictions” or to “resume published speed ... anticipates pilots will begin adjusting speed the minimum distance necessary prior to a published speed restriction so as to cross the waypoint/fix at the published speed. Once at the published speed, ATC expects pilots will maintain the published speed until…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities › 5-5-9. Speed Adjustments
When complying with speed adjustment assignments, maintains an indicated airspeed within plus or minus 10 knots or 0.02 Mach number of the specified speed. b. Controller. 1. Assigns speed adjustments to aircraft when necessary but not as a substitute ... vectoring technique. 2. Adheres to the restrictions published in FAA Order JO 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, as to when speed adjustment procedures may be applied. 3. Avoids speed adjustments requiring alternate decreases and increases. 4. Assigns speed adjustments…
- Chapter 4: Energy Management: Mastering Altitude and Airspeed Control › Viewing the Airplane as an Energy System › A Frame of Reference for Managing Energy State
varies with changes in wind speed and direction. Note that changes in indicated altitude and airspeed are attained through forces resulting from the pilot’s direct manipulation of the controls. These direct control inputs determine the airplane’s ability ... groundspeed are affected by “external” factors, such as varying terrain elevation and wind, which the pilot cannot alter. Of course, the pilot should manipulate the airplane’s energy in such way as to minimize any risks associated with terrain…