Navigational aspects in VFR flying today
Category: Opinion Piece
In this article I want to review the basic principles of Visual Flight Rules (VFR) navigation and point out in which situations those rules are hard to rely on. Well the foremost principle of VFR flying is that the pilot can rely on visual reference every time during flight. That does also imply the pilot can determine the aircraft's attitude in relation to the horizon by just looking out the cockpit window.