Dead Reckoning and the Navigation Log: The Cross-Country Skills GPS Cannot Replace
Dead reckoning and the navigation log are the cross-country skills that keep you safe when GPS fails - here's how to build them right.
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Getting lost on a cross-country and the five C's that bring you home
Lost on a cross-country? The five C's - Circle, Climb, Conserve, Communicate, Confess - turn a scary moment into a three-minute problem you can solve.
PatternPicking your VFR checkpoints and the landmarks that disappear at altitude
Learn how to pick VFR checkpoints that actually work from the air, not just on a sectional chart.
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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 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.
PatternPicking checkpoints that actually work for visual navigation
Learn how to pick visual checkpoints that actually work for cross-country navigation using the 'big, unique, and on the line' framework.
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