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Pilotage

 GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE

Just like driving a car, maps are used to help pilots get from one airport to another. These special maps, called sectional charts, contain a lot of information for the pilot. There are symbols that represent roads and railroad tracks just like on highway maps. There are also symbols the represent other objects that pilots must watch out for, like tall radio towers and smokestacks. Colors represent bodies of water and terrain elevation. Colors also represent information about various airports, such as runways that are hard surfaced or grass, and airports with control towers. Radio navigation aids are shown in graphic form along with the "Highways in the Sky".

Look at the chart legend to see what the various symbols mean. Then look at the pictures and at the physical features that are depicted by the symbols. Some of the physical features are quite obvious. There are others that you will have to look at the picture very closely in order to identify them.

Batten International Airport, Racine, WI from the southeast

Mitchell International airport from the south with the Milwaukee skyline in the distance

Looking at I-94 and Hwy 11 from the south with Sylvania Airport to the northwest

SC Johnson's Waxdale and the Railroad tracks by Sturtevant

The Oak Creek power plant viewed from the southwest is a waypoint for Mitchell Airport's Class C traffic.

Racine's Windpoint Lighthouse

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