INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION

VOR
HSI
RMI
- VHF Omnidirectional Radio
- Horizondal Situation Indicator
- Radio Magnetic Indicator
HSI/VOR course deviation scale (dots)

Each dot is a 2 degree deviation, which is 200 feet per NM
How to calculate time and distance to a station
TIME
DISTANCE
- Time: Time for bearing change (minutes) x 60 divided by
- Degrees of bearing change
- Distance: Time to station (minutes) x TAS (NM/min) divided by Degrees of bearing change
Relative Bearing:
Magnetic Bearing:
- Angle between the needle and the aircraft nose reference
- Magnetic heading, plus relative bearing = Magnetic Bearing
What does DME stand for?

Distance Measuring Equipment
VOR Test Facility (VOTs)

Needle centers + or - 4 degrees
VOR Checkpoints

Needle centers + or - 4 degrees
Airborne VOR Checkpoint

Needle centers + or - 6 degrees
Dual System VOR Check in the air or on the ground

Needle centers + or - 4 degrees
What does RNAV stand for?
What is it?
- Area Navigation
- A system which allows you to fly routes direct to your destination without the need to overfly ground facilities.
What is RNP?

Required Navigation Performance
What does FMS stand for?

Flight Management System
What does INS stand for?

Inertial Navigation System
What does RAIM stand for?

Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
What does WAAS stand for?

Wide Aurea Augmentation System

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INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION

Description

Review of instrument navigation for instrument rating.

Updated

2012-08-25T02:36:12Z

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