1. Let’s Fly To Lunch Cross country flight to another airport
We’ll need to:
Navigate the taxiways for takeoff
Use our map reading skills
And find the airport with the restaurant
Let’s Fly to Lunch Lesson Plan
Materials:
Detroit Sectional Aeronautical Charts (2-3 students per chart)
Printout of KCGF airport diagram with each chart
Objective:
Introduce use of maps for aerial navigation
Learn some of the symbols on charts and what they look like from the air
Learn airport signage
Equipment:
Projector or large HDTV screen for PowerPoint charts
Computer to display PowerPoint presentation
Bruce Bream, LtCol/CAP
Eagle Squadron
Ohio Wing CAP
October 2011

2. Pilotage – Where am I? Let’s use Pilotage to take a trip
that’s reference to a map and what you see out the window
We’re starting at
Cuyahoga County Airport (KCGF)
Destination:
Salem Airpark (38D)

3. Sectional Aeronautical Charts
DETROIT
Primary Visual navigation map for pilots
37 charts cover the lower U.S.
Opening a Chart:
Maps are printed on two sides
Look at the overview chart
Pick North or South side
Hold map so the correct side reads upright
Unfold the map

4. Sectional Aeronautical Chart Symbols
Airports
Control
Tower
Uncontrolled
Obstructions
Elevation
MSL
Cities
Height
AGL
Lakes & Dams
Roads
VOR
Railroads
Powerlines

5. Route of Flight:
KCGF – Cuyahoga Co.
CXR – Chardon VOR
ACO – Akron VOR
38D – Salem Airpark
Airport Identifiers
(2 formats)
4-character
Starts with a “K” for U.S. Airports (KCLE, KCGF)
3-character
Starts with a number and contain at least one letter (7G8, 38D)

6. Cuyahoga County Airport (KCGF)
CT Control Tower
Talk to tower on this channel
879 Elevation in feet (MSL)
L Lighted runway
feet long
We Start Here

7. Every flight starts on the ground
Runway Holding Position (you’re looking at 6 or 24)
Taxiway Location (you’re on it)
6-24 A1
Taxiway Direction (you’re not there yet)
Signs
Runways
Only Numbers
Magnetic heading of runway / 10
24 = 240 degrees
Taxiways
Always starts with letters
A, A1, B

8. At the Runway 24 24-6 A1 Hold short of runway marking Runway
Taxiway side
Runway
Side 24
24-6 A1

9. Starting to taxi to the runway
What is this light colored pavement?
What is this darker pavement?
Where am I on the airport?
What is the black sign?
What is the red sign?
Which direction is North?

10. Crossing the Runway?
I must have crossed the runway, with permission from the tower, of course
What taxiway am I on?
What is coming up next?
What are those strange dashes?
Left side view
Right side view

11. Taxiing to the Runway for Takeoff
Looking over my shoulder…
What is that sign saying to me again?
Are the numbers reversed?

12. Taxiing to the Runway for Takeoff
Still on taxiway Alpha - But wait! - What is this? - Another Alpha?
So what is A2?
What runway number am I taxiing to?
What heading should I see on my compass right now?

13. Holding Short of Runway
Ahhh, end of taxiway Alpha, right?
So now what?
Am I at the correct runway or ON the runway by accident???
Look out, we’re on our way to the Chardon VOR (CXR)

14. A convergence of two main power lines
Looking Northeast
A convergence of two main power lines
One from the NE and one from the North
Looking North

15. TOWERS Not much to look at But it is a tower A cellphone tower
Only about feet tall
Listed as 1416 MSL on the chart
MSL = Mean Sea Level
The height above MSL

16. So that’s why they look that way on the sectional charts!

17. How easily can you see these two towers?
They’re twins on the chart
1610 MSL
290 feet tall

18. I found the Chardon VOR with my eyes!
So who needs a radio?
I found the Chardon VOR with my eyes!
VOR =
VHF Omni Range
A radio navigation signal transmitter for aircraft
Ok, it’s time to turn South

19. Wanna Race?
But there’s no racetrack on the map!
It’s a fairground!
Most have racetracks

20. Flying South
A lake in the distance
The Dam
The Causeway

21. Hiram in the background
Looking northeast
Possibly Far View (86D)
Hiram in the background
Looks like a windsock
and touchdown marks

22. Powerlines crossing the freeway
North to South

23. Looking South across the freeway
Grass runways
are
really hard
to find
Looking South across the freeway
Mills (7E3)

24. Ok, this one actually has an asphalt runway
Still not finding it?
Look for:
Red hangars on one side, white on the other
A long road that doesn’t connect to anything

25. 29G – Portage Co.

26. Mogadore Lake

27. Akron VOR (ACO)
Reservoir to Northeast
Road to the South

28. Double Railroad tracks
Crossing a freeway

29. Miller Airport (4G3)

30. Dual Racetracks?
Not exactly the waypoint that you’d expect

31. Lake Milton
Tower (1248 MSL)
Causeway across lake

32. Salem Airpark (38D)
Landing on 28

33. 38D - Salem Airpark
It’s time for lunch and enjoy the airplanes

34. Other Interesting Map Features on the Detroit Sectional

35. Oil Refinery south of Lima, Ohio
I-75 running north into Lima