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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:48:28 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Why would you follow a road? Pilotage. I try to practice different forms of navigation, and pilotage is a useful type of navigation for VFR flights. Yeah, roads and rivers and coastlines are the joy of flying low and slow. And the answer to the question is: No, you fly at 2900 feet. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com |
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Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:48:28 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: Why would you follow a road? Pilotage. I try to practice different forms of navigation, and pilotage is a useful type of navigation for VFR flights. Yeah, roads and rivers and coastlines are the joy of flying low and slow. And the answer to the question is: No, you fly at 2900 feet. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com AGL |
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Lou wrote: Why would you follow a road? If you want to follow a road, drive a car. Why would you follow a river, rivers end. Why not fly the plane? An aircraft without DME, LORAN, and GPS may wish to stay out of the Boston Class Bravo airspace. An excellent way to do that is follow 495 around Boston. For those that want the torture, I know it can be done with just one VOR. -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) |
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Bob Noel writes:
An aircraft without DME, LORAN, and GPS may wish to stay out of the Boston Class Bravo airspace. An excellent way to do that is follow 495 around Boston. For those that want the torture, I know it can be done with just one VOR. I see that the 495 is almost north-south (magnetic) in some portions. How do you manage your altitude when flying that portion of the highway? A more difficult situation arises when the highway meanders substantially back and forth from east to west, constantly crossing 360 or 180 degrees. If it's in hilly country (as it might well be if it has to meander back and forth), just setting a single heading might not be an option, as you can easily lose sight of the highway. So, in that case, how does one manage altitude? |
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Mxsmanic wrote in
: Bob Noel writes: An aircraft without DME, LORAN, and GPS may wish to stay out of the Boston Class Bravo airspace. An excellent way to do that is follow 495 around Boston. For those that want the torture, I know it can be done with just one VOR. I see that the 495 is almost north-south (magnetic) in some portions. How do you manage your altitude when flying that portion of the highway? A more difficult situation arises when the highway meanders substantially back and forth from east to west, constantly crossing 360 or 180 degrees. If it's in hilly country (as it might well be if it has to meander back and forth), just setting a single heading might not be an option, as you can easily lose sight of the highway. So, in that case, how does one manage altitude? You're an idiot Bertie |
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![]() "Lou" wrote in message ... On Aug 24, 1:43 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Mxsmanic wrote : If you are following a road or river or other feature on the ground while flying VFR, and that feature runs north/south but often veers off to one side or the other, are you expected to change your altitude each time you move from a heading of 0-179 to 180-359 or vice versa? Why would you follow a road? If you want to follow a road, drive a car. Why would you follow a river, rivers end. Why not fly the plane? That's for when you're flying with an IFR (I Follow Roads) clearance. -- Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR Control-G Consultants |
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