The Flight Navigator Handbook
eBook - ePub

The Flight Navigator Handbook

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  1. 282 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Flight Navigator Handbook

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About this book

The Flight Navigator Handbook provides information on all phases of air navigation and is a source of reference for everyone in the field, from navigators to navigator students.This handbook explains how to measure, chart the earth, and use flight instruments to solve basic navigation problems. It also contains data pertaining to flight publications, preflight planning, in-flight procedures, and low altitude navigation.
Specific topics covered throughout the pages of this informational and helpful guide include:

  • Reading maps, charts, and grids
  • Dead reckoning
  • Radio aid fixing and radio navigation
  • Celestial concepts and special celestial techniques
  • Computing altitude
  • Pressure pattern navigation
  • And much more!

Additional information can also be found in the four included and up-to-date appendixes. This includes a listing of references and supporting information used in this publication; mathematical formulas to use as an aid in preflight and in-flight computations; chart and navigation symbols; and a Celestial Computation Sheet.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Chapter 1 Maps and Charts
  7. Chapter 2 Flight Planning
  8. Chapter 3 Basic Instruments
  9. Chapter 4 Dead Reckoning
  10. Chapter 5 Radio Aid Fixing
  11. Chapter 6 Map Reading
  12. Chapter 7 Radar Navigation
  13. Chapter 8 Celestial Concepts
  14. Chapter 9 Computing Altitude and True Azimuth
  15. Chapter 10 Celestial Precomputation
  16. Chapter 11 Plotting and Interpreting the Celestial Line of Position
  17. Chapter 12 Special Celestial Techniques
  18. Chapter 13 Sextants and Errors of Observation
  19. Chapter 14 Grid Navigation
  20. Chapter 15 Pressure Pattern Navigation
  21. Chapter 16 Navigation Systems
  22. Appendix A References and Supporting Information
  23. Appendix B Mathematical Formulas
  24. Appendix C Chart and Navigation Symbols
  25. Appendix D Celestial Computation Sheet
  26. Glossary

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