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What is navigation by computing heading and groundspeed from time, airspeed, distance and direction called?

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  1. Dead reckoning
  2. Pilotage
  3. Radio navigation

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  1. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25C, Chapter 16 Navigation www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/18_phak_ch16.pdf Checked 2026-10-09.

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