CAE Oxford ATPL – Book 10 – General Navigation

CAE Oxford ATPL – Book 10 – General Navigation

ATPL Ground Training Series. CAE Oxford Aviation Academy, 2017 .— ۵۷۶ p.

This text book has been written and published as a reference work to assist students enrolled on an approved EASA Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) course to prepare themselves for the EASA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations.

Nothing in the content of this book is to be interpreted as constituting instruction or advice relating to practical flying.

Direction, Latitude and Longitude.
Great Circles, Rhumb Lines & Directions on the Earth.
Earth Magnetism.
The Navigation Computer – Slide Rule Face.
The Navigation Computer – Distance, Speed, Time and Conversions.
The Navigation Computer – TAS and Altitude Conversions.
The Navigation Computer – Triangle of Velocities.
The Navigation Computer – Calculation of Heading and Wind Finding.
The Navigation Computer – Multi-drift Winds and Wind Components.
The 1 in 60 Rule.
Navigation Using the 1 in 60 Rule.
Other Applications of the 1 in 60 Rule.
Topographical Maps and Map Reading.
Convergency and Conversion Angle.
Departure.
Scale.
General Chart Properties.
Mercator Charts – Properties.
Mercator Charts – Scale.
Mid Course Test.
Lambert’s Conformal Chart – 1.
Lambert’s Conformal Chart – 2.
The Polar Stereographic Chart.
Time (1).
Time (2).
Time (3).
Gridded Charts.
Plotting.
The Direct Indicating Compass.
Aircraft Magnetism.
General Navigation Problems.
Revision Questions.
Index.

This text book has been written and published as a reference work to assist students enrolled on an approved EASA Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) course to prepare themselves for the EASA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations.