American vs British teminology

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American vs British teminology

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Sky Painter	Sky Painter posted 1/26/2014 4:39:24 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 626, Visits: 15K	... and 'track' is the direction the aircraft is actually making good which, like 'course', can be true or magnetic but, by definition, heading is always magnetic. Except in 'nil wind' conditions, 'track' and 'heading' are always different. If you happen to be flying very accurately, then 'track' and 'course' will co-incide, but they are otherwise almost always different. Mike _________________________________________ Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0 Huawei P30 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0 PC – Windows 10 (Home Ed) Version 2009, Build 19045.6093, SD 4.0.2.0
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 1/28/2014 2:41:49 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	I think our "Off Course" warning is ok, because it's not referring to your heading or your track, or how your current aircraft orientation relates to it, but to the fact that your aircraft is nowhere near your journey as a whole.
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lhe	lhe posted 1/29/2014 1:51:00 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 154, Visits: 445	by definition, heading is always magnetic By what definition? Certainly you can talk about true heading! When manually computing an operational flight plan, for each leg you start with the TRUE track and the wind (which is always given in degrees true except in landing clearances). This gives you the TRUE heading, to which you apply variation, giving you MAGNETIC heading. Not to mention grid navigation in polar areas where headings are relative to the grid, not magnetic north.
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