Thanks Robo, very helpful post. I have done flight planning with FSX, using a modern aeronautical map of southern England with ruler, protractor, old-fashioned wizz wheel flight computer. I then compared results by planning the same flights again with a computerized flight planner. Very instructive exercise.

Using JoyToKey is more easy check compass in Spit/Hurri than in real life (well I dont try this). :)

http://i46.tinypic.com/dp8en5.jpg

Just look down, press a key for "Hold to offset POV or something"... + POV HAT left. ;)

Sokol1

That is not a problem, I have TrackIR and can lean around the control coulmn alright - I ment more the fact that in a real Spitfire (or Hurricane) the compass was slightly offset to the left and more or less in the line of sight when flying normally, see here:

http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/...5541&view=next

That's the way to do it, Sir! Nice one. Thanks for your comment, I didn't realise I made a mistake in there.

Hi. The magnetic declination is 10° West (or -10° with other words). The compass show -10° compared to map direction.
So, if you fly to 360° compass direction, you fly to 10° on the map. Not 350°!

Yes, that's what I thought, see post 7. Then I thought I made a mistake when reading jeffs post and 'fixed' it on the mission description without thinking too much (just woke up :o) I thought he was saying same thing like me and I did wrong math somehow as I actually added 10 in one leg of my original post. Will edit it back and fix it to avoid confusion, cheers Tom.

Ok :)

What about wind direction and speed? 'Still air' navigation is easy.

But wind is not a navigational factor in the game.

Wind Finding anyone?

If a wind takes you one degree off track, after 60 miles you'll miss your target by one mile. After 60 kms you'll miss your target by one km.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

Well the mission above is something for beginners, I mention that the wind is off to make things easier. I remember IvanK did some testing on speed and fuel consumption (iirc) and flew between Cap Grez Nes and Dungerness and he found there is some ambient wind on the Channel Map but I forgot what it was. It is possible to add some insanely strong wind in the mission, like in the default 'Cross Country' one. It is very interesting but I think that most players will be happy to set their compass and know what their HDG is at normal circumstances (= flying on ATAG)

i think bomber navigator should be able to use sextants with the sun and solve full problems with nautic almanachs of the time, it could be interesting for those who want to get into sailing