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Question 1

VOR

Answer 1

VHF omni-directional radio range
line of sight
bearing selector, course dev. ind., TO/FROM ind.

Question 2

how to use VOR (mneumonic)

Answer 2

SITS
select freq.
identify (morse)
test
set heading and OBS

Question 3

NDB

Answer 3

needle always points to station
mag. heading + relative bearing = bearing to station

Question 4

variation

Answer 4

angular drift between true and magnetic north

Question 5

deviation

Answer 5

magnetic vs. compass north

Question 6

great circle

Answer 6

shortest distance between 2 points

Question 7

rhumb line

Answer 7

line crossing all meridian at same angle

Question 8

double track error

Answer 8

works before halfway
find how many degrees off, double that, adjust heading
fly new heading for equal amount of time off
adjust heading back by half when on track

Question 9

opening + closing angles method

Answer 9

best after halfway
find degrees off track and to destination and add to find correction to destination

Question 10

1 in 60 rule

Answer 10

1 degree off after 60 min. = 1 mile off

dist. off track / dist. travelled x 60 = degrees off departure