Video tip: cross-country flights using pilotage and dead reckoning
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The cross-country phase of private pilot training is an exciting time where you’ll learn the flight planning steps and flying techniques required to fly longer trips between two airports. While it might be tempting to navigate directly to the destination airport using GPS, it’s important that you first learn how to fly the trip first using the fundamental navigation techniques of pilotage and dead reckoning. This week’s tip follows a student pilot on a cross-country flight in southwest Ohio to show you how to do it.
The video clip below is from Sporty’s complete Learn to Fly Course.
As Sporty’s lead aviation course and video producer, Bret is usually flying an interesting airplane, and often with a camera rolling. He oversees the development, production and distribution of over 30 aviation courses from Sporty's, including the Private Pilot Learn to Fly Course. He is a flight instructor and check airman at the Sporty's Academy flight school and a senior captain on a Cessna Citation.
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