John Heddles
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Finding Actual Wind Velocity

Hint: When you look at your sketch, you might see something which suggests that you may have omitted an item of data in the original question ?

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Finding Actual Wind Velocity

First [color=red]BIG[/color] mistake is that I see no picture of what is going on here. Always avoid trying to do this stuff in your head at the lea...

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Finding Actual Wind Velocity

A better idea might be for you to post your solution, warts and all. Then we can critique what you have done. That is a far better way to learn st...

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REMAINING OCTA

Thanks for the information. Again, this just needs a bit of reflection and thought to sort out the answer. Easiest to work in gradients of ft/nm...

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REMAINING OCTA

Although we probably could make a reasonable assumption, it really would help if we knew the initial aircraft level. Did you leave that bit of infor...

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Find Daylight Hours

Good man (or woman, as the case may be). None of this theory stuff is difficult once you get an idea of what you are trying to do. Best of good f...

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Flying from the North of Australia

Just needs a bit of thinking about what you are doing. Let's presume that we have departed from wherever at 0-dark-30 so the question comes down to "...

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Find Daylight Hours

[color=blue]BOD at 'A' is 0500 LMT, while EOD at 'B' is 1830 LMT. If 'A' is on 131°E Longitude and 'B' is on 146°E Longitude -[/color] You are on ...

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Takeoff and Landing P Charts

[color=blue]the graph's aren't 10mm apart, so skewing the ruler doesn't fit the box.[/color] You're missing the point, I fear. The idea of the s...

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Navigation

A direction (bearing) in navigation usually is referred to a standard North direction as a clockwise angle from that north direction. Generally, we ...

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En route Exercise 16, Page 88, Question 9

Perhaps you might be overthinking things. Presuming that you are on the direct track, as indicated, what would the ADF indicate at the abeam positi...

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Takeoff and Landing P Charts

Echo is the old DCA P-chart format (DCA was the original incarnation of CASA). Not 100% on who designed the format - a bit before my time - but, alm...

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Takeoff and Landing P Charts

Interpolation needs to be sensible, but not of microscopic precision. Generally, chart parametric lines aren't too wildly non-linear so a linear int...

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Takeoff and Landing P Charts

OK, I presume that you are studying with Bob's books. How about you scan a couple of charts from the book, work some made up examples, and then p...

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Takeoff and Landing P Charts

Adding to Bob's comments, we will show you how to figure the components exactly, providing you have a Jepp CR style computer. Dead easy technique and...

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