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Basic Navigation vocab Flashcards

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Great Circle

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  1. The curved line on a globe

2. Shortest actual distance between two points

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  1. The curved line on a globe

2. Shortest actual distance between two points

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Great Circle

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Rhumb Line

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  1. The straight line on a globe
  2. Longer than great circle route
  3. Does not account for earth’s curvature.
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  1. The straight line on a globe
  2. Longer than great circle route
  3. Does not account for earth’s curvature.
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Rhumb Line

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Coordinates

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  1. Points on the globe
  2. Lines of Latitude (parallels)
  3. Lines of Longitude (meridians) cross
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  1. Points on the globe
  2. Lines of Latitude (parallels)
  3. Lines of Longitude (meridians) cross
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Coordinates

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True Course

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  1. Intended flight path

2. Aircraft over earth

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  1. Intended flight path

2. Aircraft over earth

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True Course

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Track

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  1. Actual flight path

2. Aircraft over earth

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  1. Actual flight path

2. Aircraft over earth

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Track

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Dead Reckoning

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  1. Navigation system of computations
  2. Wind direction
  3. Wind speed
  4. Air speed
  5. Ground speed
  6. Course
  7. Heading
  8. Elapsed time
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  1. Navigation system of computations
  2. Air speed
  3. Course
  4. Heading
  5. Wind direction
  6. Wind speed
    7, Ground speed
  7. Elapsed time
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Dead Reckoning

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Radio Navigation

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  1. Navigation system

2. Radio navigation aids

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  1. Navigation system

2. Radio navigation aids

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Radio Navigation

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RNAV

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Area Navigation

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Area Navigation (RNAV)

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  1. Navigation system
  2. Ground or space based NAVAIDS
  3. self-contained NAVAIDS
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  1. Navigation system
  2. Ground or space based NAVAIDS
  3. self-contained NAVAIDS
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Area Navigation (RNAV)

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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  1. Navigation system

2. satellites

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Agonic Line

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  1. Imaginary navigational line

2. 0 degree magnetic declination east or west

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  1. Imaginary navigational line

2. 0 degree magnetic declination east or west

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Isogenic Line

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  1. Imaginary navigational line

2. Non-zero degree magnetic declination east or west

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