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Given: TC: 183°; WCA: +011°; MH: 198°; CH: 200° What are the TH and the DEV?

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Given: TC: 183°; WCA: +011°; MH: 198°; CH: 200° What are the VAR and the DEV?

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How are rhumb lines and great circles depicted on a direct Mercator chart?

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Given the following information, what is the aircraft position at the cross bearing? VOR Hamburg (HAM) (53°41?N, 010°12?E): Radial 119° VOR Brünkendorf (BKD) (53°02?N, 011°33?E): Radial 320°

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Given: True course from A to B: 250°. Ground distance: 210 NM. TAS: 130 kt. Headwind component: 15 kt. Estimated time of departure (ETD): 0915 UTC. The estimated time of arrival (ETA) is...

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The angle between compass north and magnetic north is called...

• WCA.

• variation.

• inclination.

• deviation.

The shortest distance between two points on Earth is represented by a part of...

• a great circle

• a small circle

• a rhumb line

• a parallel of latitude

Which are the official basic units for horizontal distances used in aeronautical navigation and their abbreviations?

• feet (ft), inches (in)

• Nautical miles (NM), kilometers (km)

• Yards (yd), meters (m)

• Land miles (SM), sea miles (NM)

The term 'True Course' (TC) is defined as...

• tthe angle between magnetic north and the course line.

• the direction from an arbitrary point on Earth to the geographic North Pole.

• the angle between true north and the course line.

• the direction from an arbitrary point on Earth to the magnetic north pole.

Which lines have to be used by the pilot to determine the aircraft's position?

• True bearings (QTE)

• Magnetic bearings (QDR)

• Relative bearings (RB)

• Magnetic headings (MH)