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HOMEWORK 1 : Q3, Q4, Q5, Q11, Q18, Q24

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATION

1. What is the Change of Latitude between the following positions:7120N to 8645 N over the north pole

2. Give the shortest distance in nautical and kilometers between the following position

:

62 00N 093 00 E 62 00N 087 00 W

3. City A and City B are in Southern Hemisphere at difference longitude. Flying from

A to B. What is the position of the rhumb line relative to the great circle course ?

4. A great circle has its North vertex at 70 N 130 E . What is the position of its South

vertex

5. A great circle has its North vertex at 70 N 130 E , at what longitudes and in what

direction would the great circle cross the equator :

( assuming initial direction is east from northern Vertex )

6. What is Departure ?

7. What is Parallel of Latitude ?

8. What is the meridian ?

9. What is Great Circle ?

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10. What is rhumb line ?

DEPARTURE

11. POSITION A : 53N 10W

POSITION B : 53N 15E

POSITION C : 27N 10W

POSITION D : 27N 15E

a. Find the rhumb line distance from A to B

b. Find the departure from D to C

12. An aircraft leaves position G in Latitude 40 S and flies the following Rhumb

Line tracks and distances :

G to H : 180 T , 240 NM

H to J : 270 T , 240 NM

J TO K : 000 T , 240 NM

What is the rhumb line bearing and distance of K from G

DIRECTION

13. What is isogonic line ?

14. What is magnetic variation ?

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15.. What is the magnetic deviation ?

16. What is heading ?

17. What is track ?

17a. What is course ?

WIND TRIANGLE

18. MD-90 lose all the FMC over South China Sea at fix ELATO, Captain intend to fly

directly to Kaohusing International Airport ( RCKH) by a fix heading. Airplane is

cruising at FL 270 with Mach 0.79. Outside air temperature is -36 C . Wind is

060 T / 25 knots. Magnetic course from ELATO to RCKH is 090 . Variation is

3W . In order to fly to RCKH, what magnetic heading should be maintained ?

19. Boeing 777 is cruising at FL350 with Mach No. 0.84 , outside air temperature( static ) is - 50 C, find the True Airspeed ( TAS ) .

20. If outside Air Temperature is known, what is the equation to find speed of sound ?

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21. Airplane is maintaining true course 1600 . Wind is 0950 ( T) at 15 kt. True airspeed

is 150 kt. Answers the following questions:

a) Draw an approximate vector diagram ( indicate where is the wind

angle (ww) )

b) What is the rule of thumb equation to find crosswind ?

c) What is the rule of thumb equation to calculate the sine of angle ?

d ) What is the rule of thumb equation for wind correction angle ?

e) What is the rule of thumb equation to find headwind component ?

f ) What is the rule of thumb equation to find ground speed ?

22. A MD-90 has failed all the FMC over South China Sea and divert to Hong Kong.

What Magnetic heading should it fly ?

Magnetic Course to Hong Kong : 008

Variation : 2 W

Wind = 300 / 20 kt ,TAS = 480 knots

23.. You are landing on runway 23. Wind is 210 at 20 knot. Aircraft approach speed is

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130 knot.

a) What is the cross wind component ?

b) What is the ground speed ?

24. Wind at 340 ( T) at 25 kt , airplane plan to fly the true course 180 . It has a True

airspeed 150 kt.

Draw an approximate vector diagram

25. Fill in the blank box with the correct answers :

Mag

Course

WIND

Dir (T)/ Spd

VAR Mag

HDG.

MachNo.

P.Altitude TEMP

TAS

GS DIST TIME to go

315 040/30 7W 0.4 3000 15C 88NM

324 340/20 6E 0.6 9000 -10C 105NM

162 210/20 14W 0. 7 2 8000 -55C 1312NM