Quotes from
matt:
1)
As for weathercocking in the air it does happen, hence why your heading and track are often two quite different numbers. However I agree that in the air it's not so important.
2)
Chris, I'm not disagreeing with you. On the ground it's called weathercocking.... and in the air it manifests as drift.
[Unquote]
Not good enough, Hoskins... Until you have grasped the elementary - but essential - difference between the concepts of
weathercocking and
drift, and admitted (at least to yourself) that you were confused, I cannot allow you to proceed to Day 2 of your basic Air Navigation course !
In the meantime,
kindly read my note again.
[Thinks - Is he like this with all his instructors?]
