Lecture 7: Navigation

MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019
Instructor: Philip Greenspun, Tina Srivastava
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This lecture focused on how to navigate an airplane.

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0:00 Introduction
0:24 Outline
2:27 Example
2:43 Planning Goal: Navlog
3:52 Dead Reckoning
5:19 Local Magnetic Variation
5:34 Magnetic Deviation
6:10 Plotter and E6B Introduction
8:56 Using the Plotter
9:16 Using the E6B: Computer Side
9:47 Using the E6B: Wind Side
14:58 Pilotage Summary
19:43 Automatic Direction Finder
19:48 How to use the ADF
20:04 Finding Magnetic Bearing
20:38 Movable Card ADF
22:36 VOR Service Volumes
23:08 Parts of the VOR
24:34 Using VORS
28:11 VOR simulators
31:38 A Garmin GTN 750
34:26 Avidyne PFD moving map
34:46 91.161 - DC Area
35:28 After the navigation mistake...