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checkpoint
- Definição1
- (1) A predetermined point on the earth's surface used as a means of controlling movement, a registration target for fire adjustment, or a reference for location. (2) A geographical location on land or water above which the position of an aircraft in flight may be determined by observation or by electronic means.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- ICAO Annex10VINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Aeronautical Telecommunications. Volume II: communications procedures including those with PANS status. 6th ed. Montreal, 2001.
- Contexto
- When entering a new network, an aircraft station should transmit the time over the last checkpoint, or of its last reported position, to the appropriate regular station.
- Subárea1
- Air Navigation
- Related Term
- waypoint