Help - what does portal 291 mean?

[goot]

In Cerberus North Mission 3, I get to the part where i am retasked to head to portal 291 to intercept the Russian plane - i then turn my flight to bearing 291 at 22,000 ft. i keep flying in that direction, but i never see the russian plane anywhere including on my radar

What does Portal 291 mean? does it mean bearing 291 degrees ?

[spike2071]

It's been awhile since I played that campaign. I think Portal is the Bullseye, but check the SPINS document to confirm. If it is, that means your target is bearing 291 from Portal/Bullseye.

There is a way to set a specific waypoint to be the Bullseye in the HSI (I think it's called Air-to-Air Waypoint, but it's been awhile). Then you can see where the cursor in the SA page is pointing in relation to the Bullseye. This allows you to see a top down version of where 291 degrees from the Bullseye is in relation to you.

Chuck's Guide or the manual has more information on how to do all that.