"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Al wrote..
er on the ground waiting to launch

One must be in motion to have a track.
JJ Sinclair

Well, just for fun I'll split a hair. According to the listed sources,
"Track" is defined as the "...intended or desired horizontal direction of
travel..." The term "course over ground" refers to the "..actual path of a
vessel with respect to the earth..."

American Practical Navigation, Bowditch, 1977
Dutton's Navigation & Piloting, Maloney, 1978

Clearly my sources are founded in nautical navigation, and so where did you
locate the aviation definition?

Ivan