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Navigation
9.9.2.4 Navigation by beacon - homing and tracking
You can fly to a radio beacon in 2 ways:
- Homing
- Tracking
Homing
Homing means that you hold the ADF
pointer so that it, from the pilot's point of
view, points straight up.
This means that the nose of the aircraft
points towards the beacon throughout the
flight, as you can see from the illustration
here.
See it here
Tracking
If you fly tracking, you
compensate for crosswinds -
here you do not take into
account how the pointer
points; instead, you keep your
course.
If you are skilled, you can fly a
straight line to the beacon.
A short video
Flyveteori PPL(A)(UL)/LAPL Henning Andersen, Midtjysk Flyveskole© 2025 878
