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What navigation technique uses visible landmarks?

Pilotage finds the route by matching visible landmarks to a chart.

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Why: With pilotage, the pilot looks outside for recognizable features such as towns, rivers, or roads. Those features are matched with the chart.

Huh, didn't know that: Good pilotage checkpoints are distinctive and easy to identify from the air.

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Why did the landmark wave? It wanted the pilot to notice its point!
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Answer: Pilotage. With pilotage, the pilot looks outside for recognizable features such as towns, rivers, or roads. Those features are matched with the chart.

  1. Civil Air Patrol, Journey of Flight Teacher's Guide www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/2nd_edition_Teachers_Guide_5D3166D76F9B1.pdf
    Pilotage means navigating by reference to visible landmarks.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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