Extensive course Navigation for PPL-and ATPL Pilots.
Lecturer is ATPL Flight Instructor Michael Morr.
General Navigation contains: coordinates, great circle, charts for aviation, chart convergence, time, earth magnetism, terms for directions, conversion, grid system, calculations for great circle, cross track, distance, compass error, true altitude, WGS 84, basic maths for navigation.
Radio Navigation contains: basics, technology and use of NDB, VOR, DME, VORTAC, RADAR. Specification of frequernce ranges, accuracy and errors.
Flight Management Systams containes: use, functions and modes of digital navigation systems
German, 3 DVDs, runnung time appr. 5 hours
General Navigation
- The earth within the solar system
- The global coordinate system
- Calculations with coordinates
- Departure
The Greate Circle
- Calculations with greate circle
- Rhumbline and ortodrome
Maps, Charts in Aviation
- Lambert´s conformal
- Mercator
- Polar stereographic
- Earth convergence
- Chart convergence
- Conversion angle
- Cross track distance
Time
- Local mean time LMT
- Losal time LT
- Universial time coordinated UTC
- Time calculations , exercises
Earth`s Magnetism
- Variation, Deviation
- Compass turning error
- Compass accecleration error
- Scales
- Calculation with Mercator- and polarstereograpic charts
Navigational Terms
- Triangle of velocities
- 1:60 Rule
- Circular Slide Rule
- Q-codes
Conversions
- Speeds
- True Altitude
- WGS 84
- Calculations with triangle of velocities
Grid System
- Grid polarstereographic chart
- Grid Lambert´s conformal
- Grid conversions
- Gyros
- Apparent drift of the earth and aircraft movement
Radio Navigation
- Basics
- Frequences
- Modulation
- Antennas
- Ionosphere
- Doppler principals
- Direction finder
- Range
- Q-codes
NDB and ADF
- Frequency range
- Basics
- Benefits
VOR
- Frequency range
- Accuracy
- Indication errors
- Doppler VOR
VORTAC
- Frequency range
- Aicraft adjustments
- DME
- Slant range
VOR, DME, VORTAC
- Frequency range
- ILS, Glide path GP, Localizer LOC,
- Difference deth modulation
- Backbeam
- Marker
- Rate of descent
RADAR
- Technology
- Maximum range
- Ground radar
- Weather radar
- Secondary surveillance radar SSR
- Modes and codes
- Mode S
- Area navigation system
Flight Management System
- Global navigation satellite system GNSS
- NAVSTAR
- GLONASS
- GALILEO
- Differencies
- Ground augmentation system
- EGNOS
- WAAS
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