Learning cross-country navigation was one of the skills we needed to master in Primary Flight School. Radio aids, which pilots constantly use to help them keep tabs on their position, were not allowed; it was all “dead reckoning.” I believe the proper spelling for that phrase is “de’d reckoning,” a contraction for “deduced reckoning.” With an E6-B circular slide rule we calculated the magnetic course we needed to fly on each leg of our flight, and also the time it would take to get from point A to point B. The proper solution always depends on the forecast winds you will be encountering en route, so a meteorologist was available to give us the wind speed and direction at the altitude of our flight.http://home.watchprosite.com/?show=forumpost&fi=17&pi=6959538&ti=991713

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