Navigation

Catalog description

In this course students study air navigation by beginning with a review of pilotage and dead reckoning and continuing through the use of available radio guidance systems, flight directors, on-board radar, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Area Navigation (RNAV), Lateral Navigation (LNAV), Vertical Navigation (VNAV) and Flight Management System (FMS). Both New Generation and analog systems are studied. Plotters, navigation computers, sectional and en route charts and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publications and manuals are explored.