Most Favorable Winds
By Will • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: FlashPencilled next to that title,
“Most Favorable Winds,”
is a check mark.
The wind side of the computer
determines the altitude which results
in the highest groundspeed, as they say.
This is accomplished
by comparing the winds
aloft with the course.
The wind forecasts each altitude
on the rotating azimuth
like a groundspeed/true heading problem.
The true heading problem — the difference
is that more than one wind is plotted
and each wind dot is identified.
The plotter portion of the sliding grid is used
to measure true course. You can think
of it as a device that measures directions.
The following instructions explain
how to determine your true course.
© 2009 Will Hindmarch
This is part of a series of found poems drawn from the Cessna Manual of Flight, which I got from my father.
Will is a mooncalf and a scalawag. He writes for money and is the co-founder of Gameplaywright Press and Jet Pack.
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