"Kevin Darling" wrote in message m...
"Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message link.net...
I know that I can look up each VORs magnetic variation setting on
airnav.com, but what if that wasn't available?

As others have mentioned, you should always look up the VORs you're
using in the A/FD, which you should have with you as a student.

You'll need the A/FD anyhow. Not all VOR's are usable in all directions/altitudes.
If you think just because it's on the chart that you're OK, you're going to be disappointed
sooner or later.

My first solo XC, the VOR at the destination airport for my first leg was out of service
(good thing I checked NOTAM's). This meant a dead reckoning leg for 2/3 of the
second leg (nowhere's land eastern Wyoming and Colorado, not even anything to use
for pilotage until I crossed a dry river perpendicular to my flight path that ran through
my destination). My instructor and I felt confident I could handle it.