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Offline busy

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track or route?
« on: September 22, 2006, 04:30:32 UTC »
Can you, please, tell me if there's any difference between track and route or they are used in the same context?
Just cannot get it. Thanks in advance.



Offline davolijj

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Re: track or route?
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2006, 12:04:52 UTC »
Actually there's a significant distinction between track, route, and course.  From the PC/G:

ROUTE- A defined path, consisting of one or more courses in a horizontal plane, which aircraft traverse over the surface of the earth.  (it is often consists of various fixes and several different courses)
COURSE-
a. The intended direction of flight in the horizontal plane measured in degrees from north.
TRACK- The actual flight path of an aircraft over the surface of the earth.