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  Ground Studies for Pilots _ Volume 1:Radio Aids
 

Ground Studies For Pilots _ Volume 1:Radio Aids

by R.B. Underdown,David Cockburn

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  The first in a series of training manuals for students taking commercial pilot and air transport pilot license examinations, this book covers the subject of radio aids: basic principles, radio and radar, ground aids and airborne. It has been completely revised to take account of the recent Joint Aviation Authorities Europe syllabus for flight crew licensing. Coverage has been expanded on displays and satellite communications and navigation systems, as well as warning systems for terrain, collision avoidance, and altitude monitoring. This well regarded series for students taking the commercial and airline transport pilot licences has been substantially revised to bring it into line with the new European Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs) for flight crew licensing. Each volume deals with the material required by one of the new JAR papers.This volume covers those subjects traditionally referred to as `Radio Aids`. It includes not only those systems, ground and airborne equipment, comprising the JAR Radio Navigation paper, but also the basic principles of radio wave propagation and communications required in the Aircraft General paper. The volume also covers those warning systems which use radio principles.It continues to cover basic principles, as well as communications and navigation equipment. Emphasis on obsolete systems has been reduced to allow increased coverage of modern equipment. Coverage has been expanded on displays and satellite communications and navigation systems, as well as warning systems for terrain and collision avoidance and altitude monitoring.The opportunity has been taken to simplify the presentation of information so as to aid revision work. Many test questions and answers have been included, based on the JAR syllabus.ContentsRadio wave propagation; Communication; Ground direction finding; Automatic direction finding and nondirectional beacons; VHF Omnidirectional radio range and doppler; Radio magnetic indicator; Instrument and microwave landing systems; Basic radar; Distance measuring equipment; Secondary surveillance radar; Ground radars; Airborne weather radar; Radio altimeters; Ground proximity warning system; Doppler; Hyperbolic navigation systems; Traffic collision avoidance system Glossary of abbreviations; Answers to multichoice Test Questions. ABOUT THE AUTHORThe late Roy Underdown was Principal of College of Air Training, Hamble. David Cockburn is an experienced pilot and light instructor. His varied flying career includes service with the Royal Air Force`s electronic warfare and radio aid calibration squadrons. He has taught in several training organizations, military and commercial, as a ground instructor, and at the time of this revision was a teaching advisor in the Aeronautical Sciences Department of the King Faisal Air academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 


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