General Navigation

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• The Solar System
• The Earth
• Time and time conversions
• Directions
• Distance

• General Principles
• Aircraft Magnetism
• Principles - Direct & Remote Reading Compasses

• General properties of miscellaneous types of projections
• Representation of meridians, parallel, great circles & rhumb lines
• The use of current aeronautical charts

• Basics of dead reckoning
• Use of the navigational computer
• The Triangle of velocities; methods of solution
• List elements required for establishing DR position
• Calculate DR elements
• Construct DR position on Mercator, Lambert and Polar Stereographic Projection Charts
• Name range specifics of maximum range and radius of action
• Miscellaneous DR uncertainties and practical means of correction

• Use of visual observations and application to in-flight navigation
• Navigation in climb and descent
• Navigation in Cruising Flight, Use of Fixes to Revise Navigation Data
• Flight Log
• Purposes of (FMS) Flight Management Systems

• Principles and Practical application
• Alignment Procedures
• Accuracy, reliability, errors and coverage of INSIRS
• Flight deck equipment and operation
• INS operation