Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

mise en cap

English translation:

set heading point or set course point

Added to glossary by Ana Ribeiro
Jul 19, 2018 13:46
5 yrs ago
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French term

mise en cap

French to English Tech/Engineering Aerospace / Aviation / Space Flight Manual
full sentence is : "À la verticale du point de mise en cap"
Proposed translations (English)
4 set heading point or set course point
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Discussion

philgoddard Jul 19, 2018:
You've given almost no context, but this is a navigation term. I haven't worked out the translation yet, but it sounds like mchd has. Mettre en cap is to set a course.

Proposed translations

11 hrs
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set heading point or set course point

http://www.piloter.ca/navigation.html

Étapes de la navigation : "Relever l'heure à la verticale du point de repère"


"Mark your set heading point (SHP) on the chart and draw a line from the starting airport to the SHP and from the SHP to your destination airport".

http://www.flyingstart.ca/FlightTraining/MyStudentsPublic/na...

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Note added at 11 heures (2018-07-20 01:33:17 GMT)
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https://www.recreationalflying.com/tutorials/navigation/enro...

8.1 Setting compass heading
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : as already indicated in dbox
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