User:Johan G/Introduction to Low level VFR navigation
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Low level navigation is the fine art of getting from point A to point B at the precise time, possibly hoping to be unseen, using mainly a clock, a compass, a chart and the combined skills of dead reckoning and pilotage.
Dead reckoning and pilotage
Dead reckoning is more or less the act of following, and updating, a planned "time table", while pilotage is the art of reading the map and compare it to the surrounding terrain.
- Lower altitude: More dead reckoning required, less pilotage possible
- Higher altitude: Less dead reckoning required, more pilotage possible.
Dead reckoning
While flying:
- Clock
- Chart
- Terrain
Pilotage
- Map reading
The tools used
- Scrap paper
- VFR log
- Flight computer (E6-B, CR) or similar tool
- Straight edge and compass/ruler/plotter/combat plotter
- Map(s), NOTAMS etc.
Planning
General work flow
- Two ways
- Fixed TAS
- Fixed GS
- Drawing route
- Calculating timings
- Minute marks
- Fuel calculations
- Diverts
Execution
- Thumb rules
Competitions in real life
- Precision navigation
- Military precision navigation
More reading etc.
- Wikipedia
- FAA NACO
- Chief of Naval Air Training Academy (CNATRA)