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Good point re agency interpretation and I was also puzzled by the out-of-context quote in that letter.

What do these look like? I'd appreciate any links. Thanks.

My one question: was the pilot fat? Greg, call your office.

:rofl: Which book and chapter covers the aerodynamics of the turn? Gotta be in Exodus, yeah?

I wouldn't, and that's not the point--which is that most texts I've read will have you turning your melon into a pretzel trying to figure where you are first by getting the FROM indication on a radial then resetting the OBS to the desired radial then ... where they treat it as a...

What if I don't care about flying to a VOR, I want to track say 193R outbound, my heading is 030. Can you do this without first establishing what radial you're on or must you always figure that beforehand?

Ding (same side safe). Most texts bungle this.

And to capture and track a radial, what do you do then without reverse sensing?

The earlier Trevor Thom series, The Pilot's Manual from (not the edited beyond-usefulness books that ASA is selling now) is a favorite. It's being sold on Amazon for $1.28. Pretty good price. :)

Agreed, except for VORs. Most texts stink at explaining how to locate oneself in reference to them quickly and without the rigmarole of performing imaginative gymnastics ("now turn in the same general magnetic direction as the radial" ... pfft). Of course, GPS is killing off VORs so who...

You say that as if the Unix days gone. (Don't tell Apple!) :rofl:

Joe, Never had a doubt after watching your videos and looking at the work you've put in that you'd get your cert. This was well-earned and congratulations, indeed. :thumbsup:

I reject your reality and substitute my own! :rockon: Every Boeing and Airbus airplane lands non-stall.

This is a great book I reviewed, Flight Tests by Jim Davies ("airfield, not Garfield" as he puts it!) here: http://goo.gl/8SPKiw

How did I know Greg would have an opinion? :rofl: Were you bullied by a fat kid?