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Pilotage is best described as navigation by what means?
Choices
✓ Reference to visible landmarks on the groundcorrect
Pilotage uses visible ground features compared against a chart.
Computation of heading, time, and distance
That describes dead reckoning, not pilotage.
Tracking a VOR radial
Tracking a radial is radio navigation, not pilotage.
Following GPS waypoints
Following GPS waypoints is area navigation, not pilotage.
Why
Pilotage is navigation by reference to visible ground landmarks such as rivers, roads, and towns compared with a sectional chart.
FAA source: PHAK Ch. 16browse the reference library →
This is taught in Pilotage, Dead Reckoning and Time-Speed-Distance — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.
Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.