Which option gives the correct heading from Echo to Hughes?

Which option gives the correct heading from Echo to Hughes?

• A. 120
• B. 60
• C. 270
• D. 300

Answer: (D)

You’re being asked to convert the direction from Echo to Hughes into a magnetic heading. On the chart, the line from Echo to Hughes points toward the northwest, so the magnetic bearing along that path is about 300 degrees. That’s why 300 degrees is the correct heading. To find it on a chart, locate Echo and Hughes, draw the straight line between them, and read the bearing along that line. If you start from a true bearing, convert it to magnetic by applying the local variation: add variation when it’s east, subtract when it’s west. In calm wind, the heading you fly matches the course; with wind, you’d adjust for wind correction to maintain that course, but the underlying direction from Echo to Hughes remains northwest, around 300 degrees. The other options point in directions (west, southeast) that don’t align with the Echo-to-Hughes line.

You’re being asked to convert the direction from Echo to Hughes into a magnetic heading. On the chart, the line from Echo to Hughes points toward the northwest, so the magnetic bearing along that path is about 300 degrees. That’s why 300 degrees is the correct heading.

To find it on a chart, locate Echo and Hughes, draw the straight line between them, and read the bearing along that line. If you start from a true bearing, convert it to magnetic by applying the local variation: add variation when it’s east, subtract when it’s west. In calm wind, the heading you fly matches the course; with wind, you’d adjust for wind correction to maintain that course, but the underlying direction from Echo to Hughes remains northwest, around 300 degrees. The other options point in directions (west, southeast) that don’t align with the Echo-to-Hughes line.