You are en route on a true course of 040° at 5,500 feet MSL with a true airspeed of 118 knots. The winds aloft forecast at your flight level, given as 31022, requires what true heading and ground speed to make good your course?
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(Refer to the provided figure.) While planning a dead reckoning flight from the airport at point A to point B, a pilot measures the true course on the chart as 060°. The true airspeed is 115 knots, and the wind at altitude is from 240° at 15 knots. The magnetic variation along the route is 4° east. Which combination lists the correct true course, required magnetic heading, and ground speed?
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On a VFR cross-country flight using dead reckoning and pilotage, you positively identify the midpoint checkpoint (60 miles from departure) of a 120-mile leg exactly on the planned track centerline, but 5 minutes ahead of the scheduled time. True airspeed has been constant as planned, and magnetic compass indications have been steady with no apparent errors. What does this situation most likely indicate?
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Refer to the provided figure (sectional chart excerpt). The chart scale shows that 1 inch equals 20 nautical miles. Using a plotter, the distance between the two airports depicted measures 2 inches. The flight time for this leg was 20 minutes under no-wind conditions. What was the groundspeed?