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From: trisoft@realtime.net (James M. Knox)
Subject: Re: Clearance Delivery
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In article <01bded49$0f6c6740$c9a456d1@default>, "Victoria Deaton" <bohican@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Maintain runway heading is just that...if you're taking off on 32, then you
>maintain a heading of 320. In your case, 320 at or below 2000 ft. 

Like Victoria said, maintain the runway **heading** -- no correction for wind 
drift.  I've seen tower controllers who weren't even very clear on this.

[Actually, the runway "heading" is the magetic alignment of the runway.  Not 
the runway numbers times 10.  But VFR pilots don't usually have this info 
easily available, and it will never be off more than about 15 degrees.  {Yes, 
15, not 5!}]
                                                jmk
