Aircraft Instrument, Communication and Navigation Systems

Catalog description

This course provides a study of aircraft instrument systems, and communication and navigation systems. Topics include: magnetic compass inspection and operation, gyroscopic instruments, pitot-static systems, aircraft bonding and protection, radio operating principles, very high frequency (VHF), high frequency (HF), and SATCOM systems, instrument landing system (ILS) theory, components, and operation, traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), theory, components, and operation, and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) theory, components, and operation. This course is non-transferable to baccalaureate programs.