Code: mk3genar04hx17-en
ECTS Credit Points: 4
Evaluation: official exam
Year, Semester: 3rd year, 1st semester
Its prerequisite(s): -
Further courses are built on it: Yes/No
Number of teaching hours/week (lecture + practice): 3+4
Topics:
The course teaches the basic knowledge of General Navigation to demonstrate a level that grants a succesfull authority exam according to FCL.515 ATPL - Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations.
The course covers the following main areas and give thorough information on:
Basics of navigation, magnetism and compasses, charts, dead reckoning navigation, in-flight navigation, direction latitude and longitude, great circles rhumb lines, the vector triangle, topographical maps, pilot navigation, wind components, convergency and conversion angle, departure, scale, charts, general navigation problems, gyroscopes, the direct indicating compass, remote indicating compass, flight management systems, area navigation systems
By conducting the course the student will have the knowledge recommended by the EU legislation (AMC1 FCL.310; FCL.515 (b); FCL.615 (b) and will understand the legal bacnground and basis of aviation, learn the structure and sources of the rules.
Literature:
Compulsory:
- Cae Oxford Aviation Academy (UK), General Navigation, 2015, Isbn szám: 978 1 90620 273 6
| 1st week | 8th week |
|---|---|
| Registration week | 1st drawing week |
| 2nd week | 9th week |
| Lecture: Basics of navigation, The solar system, Earth’s orbit, seasons and apparent movement of the sun, The Earth, rhumb line, Convergency, conversion angle, Latitude, difference of latitude, Longitude, difference of longitude Practice: Great circle, small circle, Use of latitude and longitude coordinates to locate any specific position | Lecture: Charts, The use of current aeronautical charts, Plotting positions, Methods of indicating scale and relief, Conventional signs, Measuring tracks and distances, Plotting bearings Practice: Example on charts, measuring |
| 3rd week | 10th week |
| Lecture: Basics of navigation, Time and time conversions, Apparent time, Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), Local Mean Time (LMT), Standard times (STs), Dateline, Determination of sunrise (SR), sunset (SS) and civil twilight Practice: Time conversion examples | Lecture: Dead Reckoning (DR) navigation, Basis of dead reckoning, Track, Heading (compass, magnetic, true, grid), Wind velocity, Airspeed (IAS, CAS, TAS, Mach number), Ground speed,ETA, Drift, wind correction angle, Use of the navigational computer,Speed, Time, Distance, Fuel consumption, Conversions, Airspeed, Wind velocity, True altitude, The triangle of velocities Practice: Track examples, calculations |
| 4th week | 11th week |
| Lecture: Basics of navigation, True north, Terrestrial magnetism: magnetic north, inclination and variation, Compass deviation, compass north, Isogonals, relationship between true and magnetic north, Gridlines, isogrives Practice: True and magnetic north examples | Lecture: Dead Reckoning (DR) navigation, Determination of DR position, Confirmation of flight progress (DR), Lost procedures, Measurement of DR elements, Calculation of altitude, adjustments, corrections, errors, Determination of temperature, Determination of appropriate speed, Determination of Mach number Practice: Calculation examples covered during climb or descent, Gradients versus rate of climb/descent Practice: Calculation examples |
| 5th week | 12th week |
| Lecture: Basics of navigation, Distance, Units of distance and height used in navigation: nautical miles, statute miles, kilometres, metres, feet, Conversion from one unit to another, Relationship between nautical miles and minutes of latitude and minutes of longitude Practice: Distance and height coversion examples | Lecture: In-flight navigation, Use of visual observations and application to inflight navigation, Navigation in climb and descent, Average airspeed, Average wind velocity (WV), Ground speed/distance Practice: Calculation examples |
| 6th week | 13th week |
| Lecture: Magnetism and compasses, Knowledge of the principles of the direct-reading (standby) compass, The use of this compass, Serviceability tests, Situations requiring a compass swing Practice: Compass instrument demonstration | Lecture: In-flight navigation, Navigation in cruising flight, use of fixes to revise navigation data, Off-track corrections, Calculation of wind speed and direction, Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) revisions Practice: Case studies for in-flight navigation |
| 7th week | 14th week |
| Lecture: Charts, General properties of miscellaneous types of projections, representation of meridians, parallels, great circles and rhumb lines, Direct Mercator, Lambert conformal conic, Polar stereographic Practice: Example on charts, reading | Lecture: In-flight navigation, Flight log Practice: Flight log examples |
| 15th week | |
| 2nd drawing week |
Requirements
A, for a signature:
Attendance at lectures is recommended, but not compulsory. Participation at practice classes is compulsory. A student must attend the practice classes and may not miss more than three times during the semester. In case a student does so, the subject will not be signed and the student must repeat the course. A student can’t make up any practice with another group. Attendance at practice classes will be recorded by the practice leader. Being late is equivalent with an absence. In case of further absences, a medical certificate needs to be presented. Missed practice classes should be made up for at a later date, to be discussed with the tutor.
B, for grade:
The course ends with an official examination as set out in the regulations of 1178/2011/EU, Part-FCL.