AVT 116 - Navigation
Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: AVT 103
Description
This course is a study of air navigation beginning with a review of pilotage and dead reckoning, and continuing through the use of available radio guidance systems, on-board radar, and flight director. Plotters, navigation computers, aerial charts, and FAA publications and manuals are studied.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Demonstrate pilotage and dead-reckoning and VFR flight planning procedures.
- Determine proper electronic navigation principles and procedures.
- Investigate ground based radar navigation and instrument approaches procedures.
- Analyze principles of area navigation, Loran-C, RNAV, GPS and long range over water navigation systems.
- Demonstrate operation of electronic flight, navigation and flight management systems.
Listed Topics
- Pilotage and dead-reckoning
- VFR Flight planning
- Electronic navigation
- Ground based radar navigation
- Instrument approaches
- Principles of area navigation
- Loran-C, RNAV
- GPS
- Long range over water navigation,
- Inertial navigation
- Electronic flight information systems
- Navigation and flight management systems
Reference Materials
Aviators Guide to Navigation / D. Clausing , FAR/AIM
Approved By: Sutin, Stewart Date Approved: 07/13/2006
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