07/09 - Pilotage - Interpreting Topographical Features Flying High
By Steve Krog ...
Pilotage
For a non-instrument rated, private pilot planning to fly VFR (Visual Flight Rules) in a small, single engine airplane around the local area on a clear day, the navigation is simple.
pilotage
Navigation by visual reference to landmarks
pitch
The angle of the airplane's longitudinal axis relative to horizontal ...
Pilotage
Pilot's Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual (POH/AFM)
Pitot pressure ...
Pilotage: The art of piloting aircraft safely and accurately from one place to another by means of map-reading and the recognition of ground objects.
Pilotage is a method of navigation that can be used on any course that has adequate checkpoints, but is more commonly used in combination with dead reckoning and VFR radio navigation.
Pilotage will never entirely replace dead reckoning. Pilotage was great for determining your position over Hackettstown, but it didn't tell you the outbound heading.
Radio-navigation instrument will never entirely replace dead reckoning.
Dead Reckoning/pilotage
A compass doesn't need batteries. It doesn't need an electrical system. And the wind isn't something that's so constant you can depend upon it.
Under "visual flight rules", pilots are expected to see and avoid dangers along the way (obstacles, other aircraft, bad weather, etc), and to use pilotage and other means for navigating.
Use all available navigation methods to you disposal: pilotage, radio NAV, GPS, and dead reckoning to find your way to the alternate airport. But remember: these checklist are only to assist the pilot.
VFR weather minimums for controlled airspace require at least a 1,000-foot ceiling and three miles visibility except for "Special VFR" clearances to operate "clear of clouds." Navigation may be by pilotage (reference to ground landmarks), ...
While pilots of more traditional low-wing aircraft might not see downward visibility as much of a concern, students, using pilotage to navigate and wondering what happened to the landmark that looked so prominent on the chart, ...
" Navigation may be by pilotage (reference to ground landmarks), dead reckoning (courses calculated from map plots), radio navigation, or more commonly, a combination of all three.
There's plenty of power-on performance and smooth and balanced control throughout the speed envelope (the elevator/stick linkage is by pushrods, positive and with no slop), yet it's extremely forgiving of even the most ham-handed pilotage.
 See also: Pilot, Flight, Aircraft, Navigation, Direct
  
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