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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-15
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Dead Reckoning › Step 4

  hour, 8 × 2.5 or about 20 gallons is used. Figure 16-22. Finding true heading by the wind correction angle. Figure 16-23. Finding true heading by direct measurement. Briefly summarized, the steps in obtaining flight information are as follows ... drawn on the chart and measured clockwise in degrees from TN on the mid-meridian • WCA—determined from the wind triangle. (Added to TC if the wind is from the right; subtracted if wind is from the left) • TH—direction…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 9-16
  Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Ground Reference Maneuvers › Technique

  greatest, the steeper the bank and the greater the rate of turn required to establish the proper wind correction angle. The closer the helicopter is to a direct upwind heading at which the groundspeed is least, the shallower the bank ... lower the rate of turn required to establish the proper wind correction angle. Therefore, throughout the maneuver, the bank and rate of turn must be varied gradually and in proportion to the groundspeed corrections made for the wind. Figure…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-34
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  factors, to the airborne GPS receiver. Wind correction angle (WCA). The angle between the desired track and the heading of the aircraft necessary to keep the aircraft tracking over the desired track. Wind direction indicators. Indicators that include a wind…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-10
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Effect of Wind

  ground in flight. (If proper correction has been made for the wind, track and course are identical.) • Drift angle—angle between heading and track. • WCA—correction applied to the course to establish a heading so that track coincides with course ... rate of the aircraft’s inflight progress over the ground. Figure 16-17. Establishing a wind correction angle that counteracts wind drift and maintains the desired course. Basic Calculations Before a cross-country flight, a pilot should make common calculations…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-11
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Eights Along a Road

  places the airplane in a crosswind position, the pilot should compensate for the wind drift with an appropriate wind correction angle. The following description is illustrated in Figure 7-7. The airplane is initially in a crosswind position, perpendicular ... bank angle as well as the rate at which the bank angle is reduced so that the wind correction angle is correct. Assuming that the wind is coming from the right side of the airplane, the airplane heading should…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-7
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Turns Around a Point

  correct for groundspeed changes in order to maintain a constant radius turn—steeper bank angles for higher ground speeds, shallow bank angles for slower groundspeeds. ⦁ Improving competency in managing the quickly-changing bank angles. ⦁ Establishing and adjusting the wind correction ... other ground reference maneuvers, when wind is present, the pilot adjusts the airplane’s bank and wind correction angle to maintain a constant radius turn around a point. In contrast to the ground reference maneuvers discussed previously, in which turns…