Course detail
General Navigation
FSI-DLG Acad. year: 2024/2025 Winter semester
The subject reflects (EU) 1178/2011 General Navigation requirements for professional traffic pilots. It embodies principles of navigation, Solar system parameters, Earth´s magnetism, magnetic compasses, aeronautical charts, chart projections, dead reckoning, pressure navigation, and inertial navigation. Students will be acquainted with modern navigation methods, aeronautical charts, pilot computers as well as with flight planning and flight navigation procedures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Knowledge of secondary school mathematics and physics is demanded.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course-unit credit test comprises both common and detail questions related to the subject matter. Questions similar to those of the ATPL(A) test are also included. The examination consists of written & oral parts. Evaluation fulfils ECTS rules.
Both lectures and exercises are based on audio-visual presentations and therefore the full attendance is necessary. Missed lessons can be compensated by consultations or by self-study under the lecturer´s supervision and assistance only.
Aims
Students will be acquainted with basic air navigation problems and with the manners how to solve them in practice. All students should be ready to pass the corresponding ATPL(A) No. 061 test.
Students will gain necessary knowledge and skill in air navigation theory relevant to the requirements valid for a professional commercial air traffic pilot.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-PRP-P: Professional Pilot, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
specialization CZS: , elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
52 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction to air navigation – objectives, purposes, and tasks. Solar system. Earth and its models.
2. Time. Directions and angles. Distances.
3. Earth´s magnetism. Magnetic compasses with direct & indirect indication.
4. Maps and charts in air navigation (topografic charts, aeronautic charts of different purposes).
5. Earth´s surface projections – Mercator´s projections.
6. Earth´s surface projections – polar steographic projection. Lambert´s projection.
7. Gridded maps and their use.
8. Navigation Computations.
9.Pressure navigation.
10.Structure of the FMS.
11.Structures and function of the INS/IRS. 12. Air navigation methods (RNAV; RNP; PBN). 1 13.A reserve – consultation, exercise, preparation for a credit test.
Exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. The Universe and Solar system. Time. Directions. Distances. Earth´s magnetism.
2. How to use the Earth magnetism for air navigation purposes. Aircraft magnetism.
3. Airborne magnetic compasses with direct and indirect indication.
4. Topographic charts in air navigation.
5. Mercator´s projections – properties of the charts.
6. Polar stereographic and gridded chart´s properties.
7. Lambert´s chart properties.
8. Exercise – air track computations.
9. Dead reckoning computations – the vector triangle.
10.Flight navigation – selected problems.
11.FMS – pre-flight preparation. INS/IRS – structures and operational properties. 12.RNAV, RNP, PBN – objectives and principal properties.
13.The course-unit test.