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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Or'' drift correction; <br/>''also called'' crab angle.) In air navigation, the angle  between an aircraft's [[course]] and its [[heading]] required to maintain that course against the [[wind]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[single drift correction]], [[multiple drift correction]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 27 March 2024

(Or drift correction;

also called crab angle.) In air navigation, the angle between an aircraft's course and its heading required to maintain that course against the wind.

See single drift correction, multiple drift correction.

  1. The effect of the velocity of fluid flow upon the velocity (relative to a fixed external point) of an object moving within the fluid; the vector difference between the velocity of the object relative to the fluid and its velocity relative to the fixed reference.
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