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Navigation

For example, before calling the control unit, you should make it clear whether

you are following the route, or where you are.

You should make clear what you want to say and have paper and pen ready so

that you are ready to write down the information and instructions you receive.

In good time before arriving at the destination airport, you should familiarize

yourself with the airport; this could be, for example, the airport's radio frequency

or the elevation of the runway.

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9.11.4 Correction of course during flight

Normally, you will fly a planned route according to landmarks along the way.

If you fly over uniform areas, for example over the forests in Sweden, there are

not many recognizable navigation points.

Here, you will typically navigate according to a calculated course.

9.11.4.1 Wind and possible correction for wind

This course has been found as a course in calm weather (TT) and corrected for
wind to a TH (True Heading). However, if the wind we have used in the

calculation does not correspond to the current wind – which is often the case –

the aircraft will be pushed off course.

You can find out if a correction is necessary by visually comparing the landscape

with the map.

It is incredibly easy to get off track and very difficult to get back on track, so you

must constantly orient yourself so that you do not suddenly get lost.

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