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captainphil

captainphil

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This Tuesday i'm having a test on airspace, class a , b ,c d ,e and g. I wanted to know a little more about reading the airspace on sectionals, although that is not on the test I would like to have knowledge of that.And a question to you pilots involving airspace. How do you know exactly where you are on your sectional chart when looking at it ? I'm talking about if theres no stacks or nothing to use as a landmark.Thanks for all your teamwork.
 
Well, it's easiest if you keep track of where you are starting when you depart. If you're completely lost, look around for various landmarks on the ground, then look at your sectional. Do not do this the other way around as you'll convince yourself that you're seeing things that you aren't really seeing. Look for towns, roads, highways, rivers, etc. I have yet to fly anywhere where there was *nothing* for a landmark. You can always use a VOR to cross-radial your position (which you may or may not have learned already)

Hope that helps.
 
captainphil said:
This Tuesday i'm having a test on airspace, class a , b ,c d ,e and g. I wanted to know a little more about reading the airspace on sectionals, although that is not on the test I would like to have knowledge of that.And a question to you pilots involving airspace. How do you know exactly where you are on your sectional chart when looking at it ? I'm talking about if theres no stacks or nothing to use as a landmark.Thanks for all your teamwork.
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You should always have a reasonable knowledge of your position if you have done your flight planning calculations correctly even if there are no real land marks. The other ways to identify your position are GPS, VOR radials, and NDBs. If you are in radar coverage and your situation is urgent, ATC can tell you your position.
 
I havent used a real vor yet but we are gunna be starting them in class and use a real one.I have practiced vors on the simulator and have a good understanding of it .I know as soon as you head north to the stacks at republic you could tune in the deer park vor and fly right to it. Iim gounna enjoy using vors.How often do you airline pilots use vors?
 
captainphil said:
I havent used a real vor yet but we are gunna be starting them in class and use a real one.I have practiced vors on the simulator and have a good understanding of it .I know as soon as you head north to the stacks at republic you could tune in the deer park vor and fly right to it. Iim gounna enjoy using vors.How often do you airline pilots use vors?
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Learn VORs like the back of your hand. You'll use them everytime you fly.
 
Today in class we started learning about VORS. Its pretty much whats on the simulator,I asked my teacher he says its an excellent idea to practice these on the simulator, would you guys recommend it?
 
captainphil said:
How often do you airline pilots use vors?
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Daily...unfortunately the FAA doesn't believe in free flight only victor airways. What good is a multi-million dollar jet with a state of the art FMS all ATC is going to do is put me on an airway/jet route:sarcasm:
 
captainphil said:
You only use victor airways in class A airspace right?
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Nope. Class A airspace exists from 18,000' - 60,000'. Class E airspace is generally where us piston pilots fly when on the victor airways. Victor airways typically start at 1200' AGL and extend to the overlying (class A) airspace. The floor could be different if it is noted as such.

To sum it up, victor airways are class E airspace.
 
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