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Navigation

In the picture on the previous page, the needle is centered. If the needle had

been one dot to the right, it would mean that the course line to the station was

2 degrees to the right. Each dot is 2 degrees, so the entire scale shows +/- 10

degrees.

9.9.3.3 Heading, radial inbound, radial outbound

As can be seen here, there is no

direct relationship between

radial and heading.

The aircraft here follows radial

315 (outbound) and regardless

of the aircraft's heading, the

radial does not change.

On the VOR instrument in the cockpit it will look like this.

Below you can see the relationship between the concepts

heading, radial inbound, radial outbound.

If you fly directly on the radial towards the

VOR station, the inbound radial will be

your heading plus or minus 180⁰,

depending on whether you are north or

o
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south of 90 /270 .

If you fly directly on the radial from the

VOR station, the outbound radial will be the same as your heading.

Flyveteori PPL(A)(UL)/LAPL Henning Andersen, Midtjysk Flyveskole© 2025 883