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Regarded as one of the premier aviation industry forums in the country, the Annual PA Aviation Conference is attended by over 200 professionals throughout Pennsylvania and beyond. Sponsors and attendees enjoy numerous opportunities throughout the 2-day gathering to interact in a dynamic ...
Date & Time
10/26/2021 1:00pm EDT
Address
26 East Chestnut Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
United States
Lancaster, PA 17602
United States
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Try it You'll Like it - The SSSytem - a poor man's Air Navigation system:
Get your students involved in my very LOW TECH pilot navigation system. I call it the SIMPLE SIX ( 6 ) Minute NAV System a.k.a. The SSSYSTEM Six ( 6 ) minutes is ten percent of an hour therefore 10% ground speed ....is how much land will pass under your wing in 6 minutes. Example at 120 ground speed x 10% = 12 miles in 6 minutes or 2 miles every one minute... then ask the student to start judging distances on the ground ... to turn points, lakes, rivers, airports, towers... inflight visibility...using the clock and
the SSSystem which also applies to fuel flow, glide distances...
Note - I was amazed how fast and how good - accurate my student pilots were ...