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Old 24th Mar 2005, 11:55
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A radial is a magnetic bearing from the VOR (sometimes known as a QDR). The true bearing from the VOR is 000°, as they are on the same meridian but the aircraft is at a more northerly latitude. Apply variation to find the magnetic bearing, using variation at the VOR (this is a diectional beacon, therefore all bearings are related to magnetic meridians at the beacon), which is 26°W. 000°T becomes 026°M, which must be the radial. None of the answers match, so someone has made an error somewhere!

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