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I believe I have summary for all of my edition. Please check again.--Natasha2006 17:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Alteon Training edit

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Tagging for categories edit

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Operational errors/Deviations edit

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Course (navigation) edit

Hi,

I am an ex- Member of the ICAO Obstacle Clearance Panel (now renamed as the Instrument Flight Procedures Panel) and retired, but recruited as an adviser to another Panel Member.

This problem arose because ARINC 424 have 'stolen' the term "course" to define legs with undefined start or end points - the "Course to altitude (CA)" leg and the "Course to Fix (CF)" leg. These leg types arise on takeoff when the autopilot is not engaged until 400 ft, and the aircraft has already been affected by wind and speed changes. It means the aircraft flies in a specified direction from wherever it is when the autopilot is engaged.

It ws then decided to define "course", which is where all went wrong.

The real solution is for ARINC to change the term to something like UA and UF meaning "unspecified point to altitude/fix". However they are not receptive to this suggestion.

I suggest appropriate definitions for the three navigation terms could be:

Course. The projection on the earth’s surface of the theoretical path of an aircraft neglecting the effect of wind, the direction of which path at any point is expressed in degrees from North (true, magnetic or grid). See also “track” and “heading”.

Heading –The direction in which the longitudinal axis of an aircraft is pointed, usually expressed in degrees from North (true, magnetic, compass or grid). See also “course” and “track”.

Note. In navigation, winds are usually given in degrees true, therefore the heading to fly a desired track is usually the course adjusted for magnetic variation and compass correction (see also “course” and “track”)

Track –The projection on the earth’s surface of the path of an aircraft, the direction of which path at any point is usually expressed in degrees from North (true, magnetic or grid). See also “course” and “heading”.

The above definitions for heading and track from existing ICAO definitions. I have added the one for "course", the notes and the cross references.

There may be a need for another definition - the magenta line on the new glass cockpit displays - the "track made good", as opposed to just "track", which should then become "required track". However, the "course" is not the track made good, but that needs further explanation.

Any comments so far?

Robert from Canada (talk) 12:24, 20 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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