DTK

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DTKDeployment Tool Kit
DTKDiverse Tool Kit
DTKDans Ton Kulte (French festival)
DTKDying to Know
DTKDressed to Kill
DTKDown to Kiss
DTKDesired Track
DTKDeception Tool Kit
DTKDeveloper Transition Kit (Apple)
DTKDrak'Tharon Keep (World of Warcraft)
DTKDeveloper's Tool Kit
DTKDown to Kill
DTKDeath the Kid (Soul Eater comic series; Japan)
DTKDinas Tata Kota (Indonesian: City Administration Offices; Jakarta, Indonesia)
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For leader AUV ([??] = HX - [Y.sub.d]) and follower AUVs ([??] = HX - [Y.sub.df]) [Y.sub.d] is the desired track chosen.
Radar tracking data indicate the airplane made a slight left turn for an on-course heading to FXE, then made a right turn of approximately 100 degrees away from the desired track. At 2223, radar data showed the airplane at 2400 feet msl.
An RS232 feed between virtually any general aviation panel-mounted GPS navigator allows the AT300 to display position, desired track, distance and estimated time to waypoint, the waypoint identifier and groundspeed.
In this instance, the airplane's track is roughly 166 degrees, while the desired track is approximately 145 degrees.
The track value should equal the magnetic course from a chart, the desired track from your flight plan, or the bearing to the next waypoint.
The magenta course line will rotate on the moving map and the desired track field on the GPS (DTK) will change.
Funny thing is that often a similar discrepancy exists between the GPS desired track between two VORs and the magnetic course for the airway printed on the chart.