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The figure on the right shows a sketch that
on this trip you must keep a heading into the
wind and let the aircraft's nose point
towards B if you want to fly to A.
The wind triangle is obtained by combining:
- Wind direction and strength
- TAS and heading
- GS (Ground Speed) and track
The direction in which the aircraft's nose is
pointing is called heading.
Below is a simple representation of our flight, for which we made calculations
earlier.
Our 3 tracks are marked
with 2 arrows (this is the
usual practice).
The wind is drawn in red (3
arrows - it was a fierce
headwind)
Our plane is located on the
route between EKHG and EKSD.
As you can see, we have to turn the nose of the plane up into the wind to avoid
blowing to the right.
Flyveteori PPL(A)(UL)/LAPL Henning Andersen, Midtjysk Flyveskole© 2025 846
