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Old 12th Oct 2011, 08:18
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AVIATROZ
 
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few more gen nav Q.

Q1.At 0020 UTC an a/c is crossing the 310degree radial at 40NM of a VOR/DME station.At 0035UTC the radial is 40degree and DME distance is 40NM.magnetic variation is zero. The true track and ground speed are.
085degree and 226kts........ans{ i am not able to get how to solve this....plz guide me on that}

Q2. On a mercator chart 47cm represents 247nm at 35S.the scale of the chart is:
a} 1:1 700 000 at the equator
b} 1:1200 000 at the equator........ans
{i solved this question and getting an ans 1:1186879.........which is close to both the above option....please advice.......first i got scale at 35S then calculated the scale at equator.}
thanks
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