What is the heading from Echo to Hughes?

What is the heading from Echo to Hughes?

• A. 100
• B. 200
• C. 340
• D. 300

Answer: (D)

The question is testing how to translate a desired ground track into a magnetic heading by accounting for wind. To fly from Echo to Hughes, you must point the nose so that the aircraft’s actual path over the ground follows the line between those two fixes. First, identify the desired track on the chart from Echo to Hughes (that’s the true course over the ground). Then apply the local magnetic variation to convert that course to a magnetic reference. Finally, adjust for wind drift by adding or subtracting the wind correction angle to produce the heading you actually need to point the nose at. In this scenario, that adjustment yields a magnetic heading of 300 degrees. If you were to use a different heading, you’d either point too far east, too far south, or off toward the north, causing drift away from the intended line to Hughes. Only a heading of 300 degrees aligns with the required track when the wind effects are taken into account.

The question is testing how to translate a desired ground track into a magnetic heading by accounting for wind. To fly from Echo to Hughes, you must point the nose so that the aircraft’s actual path over the ground follows the line between those two fixes.

First, identify the desired track on the chart from Echo to Hughes (that’s the true course over the ground). Then apply the local magnetic variation to convert that course to a magnetic reference. Finally, adjust for wind drift by adding or subtracting the wind correction angle to produce the heading you actually need to point the nose at. In this scenario, that adjustment yields a magnetic heading of 300 degrees.

If you were to use a different heading, you’d either point too far east, too far south, or off toward the north, causing drift away from the intended line to Hughes. Only a heading of 300 degrees aligns with the required track when the wind effects are taken into account.