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Dead reckoning

Term · Aviation and air traffic control · MLC-T-AVN-000301

Dead reckoning, as applied to flying, is the navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AVN-000301
FieldAviation and air traffic control
ReferencesFAA Pilot/Controller Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-AVN-000301",
  "term": "Dead reckoning",
  "field": "Aviation and air traffic control",
  "definition": "Dead reckoning, as applied to flying, is the navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time.",
  "references": [
    "FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/aviation/dead-reckoning/"
}

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