ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 01.20.10 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.20.10 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: A Great Year for Air Shows, Pt II -
01.20.10 (ANN Special Report, with ICAS President
John Cudahy)
"I've always had an appetite for adventure and I relish
a challenge." Source: British tree
surgeon Martin Bromage, just prior to his departure on a planned
11,000 mile flight in a microlight aircraft from England to
Australia.
The flight of a military aircraft maintaining a constant AGL
altitude above the terrain or the highest obstruction. The altitude
of the aircraft will constantly change with the varying terrain
and/or obstruction.
With all of the computing power in many of our cockpits today,
sometimes it's good to remember the basics. The E-6B flight
computer has taught legions of pilots how to calculate speed, time,
and distance, true course, and a host of other factors that go into
dead reckoning.
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