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Vor to vor navigation


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Hi, guys!

Question for you, how do I do a vor to vor navigation say from Reno to Seattle, and from San Francisco to New York, ect.? I cannot seem to find what I'm looking for on the internet. I'm very interested in trying out the vor to vor navigation like what the pilots did back in the 1930s, 1940s and in the Saab 340A without the FMS! Thanks!

Cheers,

Vincent

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VOR to VOR is very simple once you get the hang of it. I have a Video of my Entire KLFT - KIAH flight using VOR Nav and VOR nav using HDG at Way points.

What I don't show is the planning process and I may do a video this weekend showing how I formed the flight plan.

 

The tools I used are:

 

http://skyvector.com/ (great web based Real world charts / free)

 

http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/ (I use this to get the ranges of the VOR stations and way point planning)

 

http://www.airnav.com/ (Free airport charts / info)

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Oh and this to me is the most rewarding type of flying. You are involved the entire flight with the Nav system as opposed to punching in waypoints on a FMS and only clicking switches when necessary.

 

I feel like I accomplished something, when I takeoff and Land at the airport I was navigating to.

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I found another tool that looks promising.

 

http://www.navplan.com/

 

You can give it 2 airport and then select Vor to Vor and It will plan out the route. After it does that you can click on the report button at the upper left hand corner of the map and then select flight log. It will generate a PDF of your flight plan with the Freq's and Radials to fly on. You also can set options like fuel flow, GS, altitude, etc.

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Yes, you can. ;)  I did it the other day on my flight from KLFT to KATL. I miss calculated by 500lbs of fuel and had to add via the slider. I did not want to crash after a 2.5hr flight. Although it turned out I had just enough, however the warning lights were making me nervous. So I caved in.  :D   

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