User Guide

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ANDINSTRUMENTERRORS
#OURSE 4HELINEBETWEENTWOPOINTSTOBEFOLLOWED
BYTHEAIRCRAFT
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TOREDUCECOURSEERRORORSTAYONCOURSE
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#UMULATIVE 4HETOTALOFALLLEGSINAmIGHTPLAN
$ISTANCE 4HE@GREATCIRCLEDISTANCEFROMYOURPRESENT
POSITIONTOADESTINATIONWAYPOINT
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ONASCALEOFONETOTENLOWERNUMBERS
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OTHERFACTORS
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%STIMATED4IME%NROUTE 4HEESTIMEATEDTIMEITTAKESTOREACHTHE
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TIONBASEDUPONCURRENTGROUNDSPEED
&UEL&LOW 4HEFUELmOWRATEEXPRESSEDINUNITSOFFUEL
PERHOUR
&UEL/N"OARD 4HETOTALAMOUNTOFUSABLEFUELONBOARDTHE
AIRCRAFT
'ROUNDSPEED 4HEVELOCITYTHATTHEAIRCRAFTISTRAVELLING
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(EADING 4HEDIRECTIONANAIRCRAFTISPOINTEDBASED
UPONINDICATIONSFROMAMAGNETICCOMPASSOR
APROPERLYSETDIRECTIONALGYRO
)NDICATED )NFORMATIONPROVIDEDBYPROPERLYCALIBRATED
ANDSETINSTRUMENTATIONONTHEAIRCRAFTPANEL
,EG 4HEPORTIONOFAmIGHTPLANBETWEENTWO
WAYPOINTS
,EFT/VER&UEL/N"OARD 4HEAMOUNTOFFUELREMAININGONBOARDAFTER
THECOMPLETIONOFONEORMORELEGSOFAmIGHT
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COMPLETIONOFONEORMORELEGSOFAmIGHT
PLANORDIRECTTOANDAKNOWNCONSUMPTION
RATE
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TENMILESOFTHEAIRCRAFTPRESENTPOSITION
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DEGREELONGITUDEINSIZE4HE'RID-/2!
CLEARSTHEHIGHESTELEVATIONREFERENCEPOINTIN
THEGRIDBYFEETFORALLAREASOFTHEGRID
4RACK 4HEDIRECTIONOFAIRCRAFTMOVEMENTRELATIVE
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4RACK!NGLE%RROR 4HEANGLEDIFFERENCEBETWEENTHEDESIRED
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6ERTICAL3PEED2EQUIRED 4HEVERTICALSPEEDNECESSARYTODESCENDCLIMB
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DElNEDTARGETPOSITIONANDALTITUDEBASED
UPONCURRENTGROUNDSPEED
.AVIGATION4ERM $ElNITION .AVIGATION4ERM $ElNITION
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