Navigational Question of the Day

"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Very good Brian. You go to the head of the class. The fourth situation
where
course, track and heading are all equal would be on takeoff roll, prior to
lift
off.
Unless you're a student that forgot to keep the wing low in a crosswind ;-)

Ivan wrote..



Well, just for fun I'll split a hair. According to the listed sources,
"Track" is defined as the "...intended or desired horizontal direction of
travel..." The term "course over ground" refers to the "..actual path of a
vessel with respect to the earth..."

American Practical Navigation, Bowditch, 1977
Dutton's Navigation & Piloting, Maloney, 1978

Clearly my sources are founded in nautical navigation, and so where did you
locate the aviation definition?

USAF Basic Navigation School, Waco, Texas, 1960. They told us that course was
the intended path that we wished to follow and that track was our path over the
ground.

JJ Sinclair

"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Al wrote..
er on the ground waiting to launch

One must be in motion to have a track.
JJ Sinclair

I'll guess:
No wind
Directly upwind
Directly downwind
On a railroad.

Tim Ward