Maintaining VFR altitudes when following N/S roads/rivers

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?

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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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?

No, that was only put in the regs to confuse people that never fly anything
but desktop computers.

In rec.aviation.piloting 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?

Yes but a real pilot would be following a point on the horizon to smooth
out such things and maintain a more or less constant heading.


--
Jim Pennino

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Mxsmanic wrote in
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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?


You're an idiot.


Bertie

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?

Lou wrote in
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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?



Because he doesn't fly.



Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Lou wrote in
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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?



Because he doesn't fly.



Bertie
Why does everyone get on this guys case just because he doesn't fly? He
brings up some good typical student questions and some even us old timers
have to rethink.

--
Regards, Bob F.

Lou wrote:

Why would you follow a road? If you want to follow a road, drive a
car.

VFR at night terrain avoidance.

To get from the LA basin to Chiraco Summit to see the Patton museum.


--
Jim Pennino

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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Lou wrote in
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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?



Because he doesn't fly.



Bertie
Why does everyone get on this guys case just because he doesn't fly?


It isn't because he doesn't fly.



Bertie

Lou writes:

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.