Cross Country Planning

Question 1

What is true course?

Answer 1

The true course is the aircraft path over the ground referenced to true north.

Question 2

What is True Heading?

Answer 2

The true heading in the direction the aircraft nose is pointing referenced to true north.

Question 3

What is the airspace for KEDJ?

Answer 3

G

Question 4

What are the minimums to takeoff from KEDJ?

Answer 4

Day: 1- 152
Night: 3-152

Question 5

The ring around KEDJ represents?

Answer 5

Beginning of class E

Question 6

What altitude does Class E extend to around KEDJ?

Answer 6

Starts @700’

Extends to A airspace

Question 7

Is there any comms equipment required in class E up to 10k’?

Answer 7

None below

above transponder w/ mode c & ADSB OUT

Question 8

Do you have to speak to anybody above 10k’ in Class E airspace?

Answer 8

No, you just need a transponder above 10k’

Question 9

What are the weather minimums above 10k’?

Answer 9

5 SM and 1k’ above, 1k’ below, and 1 SM horizontal
5-111

Question 10

What kind of airspace is around KILN?

Answer 10

Class Delta

Two-way radio, make comms w/ the tower

Question 11

What is the ceiling of the KILN airspace?

Answer 11

3.6k’ MSL

Question 12

What is VR1631?

Answer 12

Military VFR route up to 1500’

Question 13

What would we know about IR344?

Question 14

What is Isogonic line?

Answer 14

Imaginary line connecting points on the Earths surface where the magnetic declination is the same.

Question 15

What is a Agonic line?

Answer 15

Imaginary line connecting points on the earths surface where the magnetic declination is zero

Question 16

What is the Brush Creek MOA?

Question 17

any weapons in the MOA? Can you pass through a MOA? Where can you find info about the MOA?

Question 18

What airspace is around KCVG?

Question 19

Your planned course cuts inside the magenta circle (Mode c veil), what does it mean?

Question 20

What is the P-51 area?

Are you allowed to fly over it?

Question 21

What is the R-6701 area?

Question 22

Where do you begin your descent (for your planned XC check-ride)? How far is it?

What is the descent rate based on?

Would you descend at 500 fpm if a passenger is very sensitive to pressure change?

Question 23

What does recommended Lean Mixture mean?

Question 24

What is magnetic course?

Answer 24

Magnetic course is only corrected for variation.

True course (TC) is measured from your plotter… measure it is in the middle of the leg.
True heading (TH) is corrected for winds.
Magnetic heading is corrected for variation.

Question 25

How you determine compass heading in your airplane?

Answer 25

TC - TH - MH - CH

1) True Course (TC): This is the course measured from your navigation plotter when you plot your flight on your map. Remember that because of the projection of the map, it is best to read this course in the middle of the leg.
2) True Heading (TH): Now that you have a true course, we need to correct for winds which will give us a true heading. You can use a E6B or similar flight computer and forecast winds aloft to correct your true course to determine a true heading. To answer your other question, Forecast Winds and Temperature Aloft charts (FD) are given in reference to true north.
3) Magnetic Heading (MH): The difference between true north and magnetic north is known as variation. Lines of variation are shown on a sectional chart as dashed magenta lines and called isogonic lines. By adding or subtracting variation from your true heading you will get your magnetic heading.
4) Compass Heading (CH): Items from inside the airplane can actually affect the performance of the compass. Aircraft technicians take account for this and will place a placard beneath the compass displaying the errors for certain headings. These errors are referred to as deviation. By adding or subtracting deviation from your magnetic heading this will give you a compass heading. A compass heading is the direction you could turn the aircraft to that has been corrected for winds, variation and deviation. In an ideal world, this would have you following your true course perfectly that you had plotted earlier on the map.