Workshop 8: Flight Plans & Waypoints

In this session, we cover the following topics:

• Understanding Flight Plans,
• Understanding Waypoint Navigation,
• Understanding Time on Target,
• Pilot Proficiency Demonstration,
• Discuss next sessions homework

Workshop Flight Plan:

• Waypoint 1: N42° 11.39′, E41° 42.16‘
• Waypoint 2: N42° 36.13′, E41° 46.15‘
• Waypoint 3: N43° 17.46′, E41° 37.38‘
• Waypoint 4: N43° 38.68′, E42° 05.04‘
• Waypoint 5: N43° 23.875′, E42° 32.092′, 10384ft (PRECISE TGT)
• Aerial reconnaissance the area!
• Waypoint 0: Home Base
• Extra-Credit Recon: N44° 34.472′, E38° 00.554′, 72ft

Course Prerequisites:
– Watch “DCS: F/A-18C Hornet – Episode 7: Waypoint Navigation”
– Watch “DCS F/A-18C Manual Waypoints Quick Guide”
– Watch “F/A-18C Time On Target Tutorial”

“Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn’t get to five minutes earlier.”