"I may be way off....VOR", on this this?
Just a few (hypothetical) questions,
Let’s say I’m flying a 747 along an airway to over-fly a said VOR, (before flying on a new airway away from that VOR) and the aircraft is being flown using the autopilot, with the NAV engaged. Whilst I’m (lets say) 60 miles out then the autopilot should easily stick to the centreline of the given airway but as I approach the VOR it becomes more sensitive (and in high speed aircraft, they may begin a series of ever more dramatic S turns… not that I would let it get to that stage).
My questions are:
1) If you are assigned to fly down an airway (with no Rader Heading from the controller) what is an acceptable tolerance (in miles) to fly along either side of the corridor centreline without getting spotted by the controller! (Before he susses you shouldn’t be flying a kite let alone a big 400!)
2) And also, flying away from the VOR, would remote sensing the VOR beacon on the AWAY radial provide exactly the same centreline as that given by any standard onboard GPS equipment.
…just trying to fly like the Pro’s. (Aren’t we all?)