The heading you planned versus the heading you fly and the five corrections between your plotter and your compass
Learn the five corrections that convert a true course from your sectional chart to the compass heading you actually fly.
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The diversion to an alternate airport on the checkride and the fifteen minutes that expose every weakness in your planning
Master the checkride diversion to an alternate airport with a five-step method that keeps you flying while planning.
PatternThe GPS that goes blank fifty miles from your destination and the pilotage skills you forgot you needed
What to do when your GPS dies mid-flight: a step-by-step guide to navigating with pilotage, dead reckoning, and a paper chart.
PatternPicking checkpoints that actually work from three thousand feet and the pilotage skill your GPS wants you to forget
Learn how to pick VFR cross-country checkpoints that actually work from altitude using size, uniqueness, and spacing.
PatternThe diversion scenario on the checkride and the sixty seconds after the examiner closes your destination
Pass the checkride diversion task by prioritizing flying over calculating—turn toward your alternate within 60 seconds.
PatternPicking your visual checkpoints and the pilotage skill that keeps you on course when the GPS screen goes black
Learn how to pick effective visual checkpoints for VFR cross-country navigation and master pilotage skills every pilot needs.
PatternThe in-flight diversion on the checkride and the sixty seconds that reveal whether you can actually navigate
Master the in-flight diversion task on your private pilot checkride with this five-step method that examiners want to see.
PatternPicking your checkpoints and why the water tower that looks perfect on the sectional disappears at four thousand five hundred feet
Learn how to pick VFR cross-country checkpoints that are actually visible from cruise altitude instead of landmarks that disappear.
PatternReading the winds and temperatures aloft forecast and picking the altitude that actually gets you there faster
Learn to decode the winds and temperatures aloft forecast and pick a cruise altitude that saves time and fuel.
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