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Cross-Country Flight Planning

Plan a VFR cross-country flight: select a route and checkpoints, apply pilotage and dead reckoning, convert true course to compass heading, solve wind correction and groundspeed, compute time-speed- distance and fuel with legal reserves, file and manage a VFR flight plan, and handle diversions and lost procedures.

4 lessons · 13 questions · 10 objectives

  1. 01Building the Route: Checkpoints and Navigation Methods9 min · 4 questionsstart
  2. 02Wind, Groundspeed, Time and Distance8 min · 3 questionsstart
  3. 03Fuel Planning and Legal Reserves7 min · 3 questionsstart
  4. 04Flight Plans, Chart Currency, Diversions and Getting Un-Lost9 min · 4 questionsstart
Module knowledge check (13) →Cross-Country Planning Readiness Check
Cross-Country Flight Planning · Free Ground School