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Chapter 16 — Navigation
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1
cross-country
2
navigation
3
air navigation
4
flight planning
5
Aeronautical Chart
6
checkpoints
7
GPS — Global Positioning System
8
Pilotage
9
Dead Reckoning
10
flight time
11
headings
12
radio navigation
13
fuel requirements
14
aeronautical charts
15
sectional chart
16
VFR — Visual Flight Rules
17
VFR terminal area chart
18
TAC
19
World Aeronautical Chart
20
nautical miles
21
NM — nautical miles
22
sectional
23
WAC
24
statute miles
25
VFR terminal area
26
SM — statute miles
27
World Aeronautical
28
Aeronautical Navigation Products
29
navigational aids
30
sectional charts
31
topography
32
ATC — Air Traffic Control
33
airspace
34
conterminous United States
35
Class B Airspace
36
chart legend
37
VFR Terminal Area Charts
38
world aeronautical charts
39
UTC — Universal Coordinated Time
40
latitude
41
parallels of latitude
42
longitude
43
Prime Meridian
44
time zones
45
meridians
46
parallels
47
Daylight Saving Time
48
Eastern Standard Time
49
Central Standard Time
50
Mountain Standard Time
51
Pacific Standard Time
52
Measurement of Direction
53
true course (TC)
54
true heading (TH)
55
Zulu time
56
true north
57
Compass Rose
58
true course
59
TC — true course
60
TN — true north
61
reciprocal
62
true heading
63
TH — true heading
64
magnetic variation
65
compass deviation
66
Variation
67
MN — magnetic north
68
east variation
69
west variation
70
north magnetic pole
71
isogonic lines
72
Agonic line
73
magnetic meridians
74
magnetic north (MN)
75
magnetic course
76
magnetic heading
77
Compass deviation card
78
compass course
79
magnetic deviation
80
GS — groundspeed
81
Deviation
82
Compensation
83
swinging the compass
84
magnetic compass rose
85
compass heading
86
interpolate
87
deviation card
88
wind
89
heading
90
Track
91
drift angle
92
groundspeed
93
Tailwind
94
headwind
95
Crosswind
96
wind correction angle
97
MH — magnetic heading
98
CH — compass heading
99
wind triangle
100
WCA — wind correction angle
101
Course
102
Airspeed
103
Basic Calculations
104
knots
105
NWS — National Weather Service
106
NMPH — nautical miles per hour
107
fuel consumption
108
reciprocating engines
109
turbine engines
110
jet fuel
111
specific range
112
MPH — miles per hour
113
NMPH — nautical mile per hour
114
flight computers
115
TAS — true airspeed
116
AFM/POH — Aircraft Flight Manual/Pilot's Operating Handbook
117
RPM — revolutions per minute
118
mixture
119
cruise performance charts
120
E6B
121
flight computer
122
protractor
123
electronic flight calculator
124
Wind Triangle or Vector Analysis
125
time enroute
126
vector analysis
127
Step 1
128
Step 2
129
Step 3
130
Step 4
131
Assembling Necessary Material
132
Weather Check
133
AFM/POH — Airplane Flight Manual or Pilot's Operating Handbook
134
ETE — Estimated Time En Route
135
14 CFR part 91
136
14 CFR — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
137
PIC — pilot in command
138
NOTAMs — Notices to Airmen
139
Chart Supplement U.S.
140
Airport/Facility Directory
141
UNICOM — aeronautical advisory station frequency
142
weight and balance
143
usable fuel
144
drainable oil
145
center of gravity
146
CG — center of gravity
147
UNICOM
148
aeronautical advisory station frequency
149
empty weight
150
takeoff and landing distances
151
Charting the Course
152
Steps in Charting the Course
153
Takeoff Roll
154
Landing Roll
155
rate of climb
156
flight log
157
Flight Plan
158
winds aloft
159
GPH — gallons per hour
160
Class C Airspace
161
MSL — mean sea level
162
Class D Airspace
163
control tower
164
Cruising Altitude
165
fuel consumption charts
166
route of flight
167
Isogonic line
168
Filing a VFR Flight Plan
169
FSS — Flight Service Station
170
VFR flight plan
171
AIM — Aeronautical Information Manual
172
Transponder
173
VHF — Very High Frequency
174
VOR — very high frequency omnidirectional range
175
VOR — VHF omnidirectional range
176
NAVAIDs — navigation aids
177
VORTAC
178
TACAN — Tactical Air Navigation
179
VOR/DME
180
omnidirectional range
181
radials
182
AGL — above ground level
183
ground-based navigation
184
Radial
185
disorientation
186
flight deck
187
Using the VOR
188
CDI — Course deviation indicator
189
T (Terminal)
190
L (Low altitude)
191
H (High altitude)
192
FL — flight level
193
VOT — VOR test facility
194
Morse code identification
195
HSI — Horizontal situation indicator
196
OBS — omnibearing selector
197
course selector
198
TO/FROM indicator
199
azimuth dial
200
course deviation needle
201
VOR/VORTAC NAVAIDS
202
VOT — FAA VOR test facility
203
dual VOR receiver check
204
alarm flag
205
omninavigation instrument
206
CDI needle
207
Horizontal Situation Indicator
208
RMI — Radio Magnetic Indicator
209
flux valve
210
Glideslope
211
Lubber line
212
course select pointer
213
course deviation bar
214
VOR/LOC — VOR/Localizer
215
NAV warning flag
216
HDG flag
217
directional gyro
218
compass card
219
course select knob
220
symbolic aircraft
221
heading select bug
222
heading select knob
223
glideslope deviation scale
224
course deviation scale
225
Tracking With VOR
226
bearing pointers
227
Waypoint
228
TO-FROM indicator
229
Tips on Using the VOR
230
Station Passage
231
wind drift correction
232
bearing change
233
tracking inbound
234
tracking outbound
235
DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
236
course intercept
237
intercept heading
238
UHF — ultra high frequency
239
slant range distance
240
paired frequency
241
distance measuring equipment
242
RNAV
243
RNAV — Area Navigation
244
VOR/DME RNAV
245
waypoints
246
airways
247
time-to-station
248
en route
249
Approach
250
ADF — Automatic Direction Finder
251
NDB — nondirectional radio beacon
252
approach mode
253
VOR Parallel mode
254
linear deviation
255
angular deviation
256
autopilot
257
annunciators
258
nondirectional radio beacon
259
Compass Locator
260
Instrument Landing System
261
ILS — Instrument Landing System
262
LF — Low Frequency
263
RNAV approach mode
264
Automatic Direction Finder
265
low frequency
266
medium frequency
267
fixed azimuth dial
268
relative bearing
269
Magnetic bearing
270
reciprocal bearing
271
position fixes
272
Homing
273
tracking
274
satellite-based radio navigation system
275
Global Positioning System
276
RNAV guidance
277
selective availability
278
DOD — Department of Defense
279
baro-aiding
280
barometric altimeter
281
integrity anomaly
282
SA — Selective Availability
283
satellite constellation
284
orbital planes
285
sidereal day
286
VFR Use of GPS
287
RAIM — Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
288
mask angle
289
situational awareness
290
IFR — Instrument Flight Rules
291
database currency
292
moving map display
293
Special Use Airspace
294
Restricted Area
295
en route chart
296
RAIM capability
297
Tips for Using GPS for VFR Operations
298
14 CFR part 43
299
VFR waypoints
300
Terminal Area Chart
301
VFR waypoint names
302
visual checkpoint
303
Azimuth
304
DF — direction finding
305
radar vectors
306
lost procedures
307
direction finding
308
emergency frequency 121.5 MHz
309
flight diversion
310
alternate destination
311
risk management
312
IMC — Instrument Meteorological Conditions
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