Originally Posted by
Jaybird
If you plan to fly "strait" then you must mean in a particular place, like the Strait of Gibraltar or some other phsysical landmark with simialr characteristics.
If you plan to fly "straight" then it's a matter of relationship to you and ground track.
Jaybird
I blame the iPads for my typos. some of the spell corrections/predictions they make automatically are ridiculous.
As for flying straight.. I was flying back from the USA to Sydney 2 days ago and got a great video of the flight instruments while we were flying straight in a strong crosswind (70+ Kts)
It shows the correlation between heading, drift angle and ground track very nicely.
But I had to go to Perth the following day and that vid is on my USA mobile which I accidentally left at home.. However watch this space, I'll post it in a week.