Greg Esres wrote:

No, it's a vector.

Then why does the .65 call it a heading?

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Before departure, assign the initial heading to be flown if a
departing aircraft is to be vectored immediately after takeoff.

Heading and vector are synonomous.


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If the heading is something that you do until you can be vectored,
then it's not a vector.

Any heading issued by a tower controller is a vector. "N123, fly heading
250, cleared for takeoff." That aircraft just got a vector.