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Old 8th September 2010 | 08:24
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BOAC
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Try it yourself with a piece of paper - it is simply cosines and sines - I assume you understand simple velocity triangles and basic trig? If not PM me or Google them.

REMEMBER HOWEVER:

Correct IAS for altitude to get TAS
Correct W/V for variation (met winds are true) unless you will be using true headings.

Cannot see why you need drift on a plog when you have heading and track?

I have always found it easier to use 'sheet 2' of a spreadsheet to do mathematics on values so that sheet 1 has only the corrected/derived values - far tidier!
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