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reply posted on 12-4-2006 @ 02:01 AM by AgentSmith
The easiest way would be to use GPS, even taking a handheld device on the aircraft would be better than nothing but I imagine they will have trained themselves to use the flight computer sufficiantly enough to use that.
They could have got the co-ordinates by either looking on the Internet, maps, books or by visiting the targets and recording the GPS locations using a handheld unit.
When flying you can also navigate using radio beacons, though a certain amount of skill is required and even though it's not impossible for them to have done it this way, I would imagine that they would have used GPS as it is far simpler and more accurate.
As the guy had is PPL, he will have learnt to navigate using radio beacons as part of the course, so it's not out of the question.

When learning you are taught to fly:

a) Visually (in fact you fly solo before learning to use navigational aids)
b) Using Radio Beacons

I imagine GPS is kept for more advanced flying and using more complex navigational computers as there is no mention of it in my training manual.

Here are some instructions on the basics, I'll try and see what else I can find:

www.757.org.uk...

Literature is easily available:

Book Description
Intended for use by professional airline pilts in preparation for their simulator checkride, this manual also has great carry-over information for the serious PC simmer who desires to know how the airline pilots "do it." Written in an entertaining and witty style, it is a great read for anyone who is interested in flying the Boeing 757/767 series airplanes.
www.amazon.com...


www.impactink.com...

Control Layout practise panels are easily available:

These 11 X 17" cockpit study panel for the B737-300/500 and the B757-200 are designed to fit neatly into your study package, using the identical graphics you will find in the widely acclaimed Professional Pilot's 737-300/500 and 757-200 Systems Guides. No trying to figure out which picture goes with what illustration. They are the same.
These panels use high resolution, full color and are accurate down to the last detail. They are perfect for memorizing "cockpit flows", learning the location of that switch, gauge or light, and just getting familiar with the cockpit layout.
www.impactink.com...


This guy may be more thjan happy to take Killtowns challenge (though I doubt he wants to go to jail):

After about a week of training, I was familiar with the layout of the flight deck and with the operation of the flight controls, autopilot, and navigation systems. As a result, flying the simulator was much less difficult than I had imagined at the beginning of the course. The most difficult part of the simulator training was takeoffs and landings. On the other hand, flying the aircraft in other phases of flight was relatively easy, even compared to flying a Cessna 172. Changing the aircraft's course, speed, or altitude was not very difficult when using either the autopilot system or when flying the aircraft manually. The flight control system made the aircraft rather responsive and made it easy to perform normal flying manuvers.
[..........]
In short, I believe that any person who has earned a private pilot's license and who has access to the same kind of ground school and simulator training that I received could fly a 757 or 767 well enough to hit a large building. Given the wide availability of this kind of training, it would appear that the kind of terrorist actions that took place in New York and Washington could easily be repeated in the future.
www.airsafe.com...


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