Day four Navigation.
We started off with the 1 in 60 rules and calculating closing angles to bring us back on course.
error x 60 error x 60
————- + ————
Dist Gone Dist to Go
EG: 100nm journey, 80nm to go and 4nm off course.
4 x 60 4 x 60
———- + ———- = 15 degree’s
20 80
Then calculating cross wind limits, True Air Speed, and Fuel requirements.
This went on and on until we started on actual routes and drawing lines of charts and completing a Pilots Log.
This was a very long day. At the end while some of the students went to the exam rooms A few of us were told to report to another tutor.
Part Two Human Performance
With Navigation running through are heads we went through Human Performance and were given lots of notes to take back with us to study tonight. We were told we would have the exam first thing Friday morning.
I then hit the exam room and did the exam. I did the Pilots Log first, then the questions.
Most were straight forward but then I hit the problem. My first track was exactly between two answers. Oh no. How they expect you to measure a track to within 1 degree is ridiculous. I measured the track again, applied the wind vector and still got the same answer. What to do, round up or round down.
I finished the paper and went back to the flat very worried.
That night I tried to put the Navigation paper out of my head and concentrate on reading my Human Performance notes.