Good evening, pilots!
I am starting a series of training courses designed to enhance the knowledge of the community at large and to demonstrate that flying has far more to it than GPS and autopilot. This course is specifically geared towards radio navigation, using both manual flying and autopilot navigation. The course will cover the following topics:
If you will be participating in this course, please reply to this thread. This will be a group flight and discussion. Any questions may be directed to I. "Axe" Zimmérman in TS3.
I am starting a series of training courses designed to enhance the knowledge of the community at large and to demonstrate that flying has far more to it than GPS and autopilot. This course is specifically geared towards radio navigation, using both manual flying and autopilot navigation. The course will cover the following topics:
- What is a VOR?
- What is a DME?
- What is the difference between a VOR, VORDME and a VORTAC?
- Interpreting the HSI
- How to tune and identify a VOR
- Flying inbound to and outbound from a VOR
- Flying using radials
- Bracketing
- Finding intersections
- Flying airways
- What is an NDB?
- Interpreting the ADF
- How to tune and identify an NDB
- Flying inbound to and outbound from an NDB
- Flying a DME arc
- Flying a VOR approach
- ILS
If you will be participating in this course, please reply to this thread. This will be a group flight and discussion. Any questions may be directed to I. "Axe" Zimmérman in TS3.
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