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Escape From Frame

     

 

 

 

CONTENTS

Route (ground course) - Heading - Route (real and magnetic) - Real heading - Magnetic heading

 

 

ROUTE ( ground course): 

The ground course, which will be called “ROUTE” in this manual is the line projected by the airplane on the earth’s surface.

 

HEADING:

Is the direction of the airplane's longitudinal axis.

 

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ROUTE (real and magnetic):

The real route: 

The real route is the angle as measured between the TRUE NORTH and the ROUTE.

Fig. 2 route

 

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REAL HEADING:

The real heading is the angle as measured CLOCKWISE between the TRUE NORTH and the heading.

 

Fig. real course

 

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MAGNETIC HEADING:

The magnetic heading is the angle as measured CLOCKWISE between the MAGNETIC NORTH and the heading.

 

 

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