NAVIGATION AND NAVIGATION OF AIDS

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Learning Outcomes

explains in which segment of the flight and in what purpose the air navigation systems are used.
debates why air navigation systems are more accurate, various and complex than the others used in surface transportation modes.
lists the basic parameters required during the flight navigation.
categorizes the air navigation systems according to their ranges, working principles and operational purposes.
explains the necessity of the radio waves for data transmission.
lists the general characteristic of the radio waves.
analyses the propogation types of radio waves and their relations with radio frequency.
evaluates the propagation problems of radio waves and their reasons.
estimates the reasons of reception lose of the radio signal on board.
explains the functions of the ground based air navigation systems and their operations.
evaluates the operational limitations of ground based air navigation systems.
compares the ranges, the easiness of use and precissions of different ground based air navigation systems used for same purpose.
explains the working principles of aircraft based air navigation systems and their operations.
evaluates the differences of aircraft based air navigation systems with ground based air nav. sys. in point of their operations and working principles.
explains how the required data is obtained from nav sys. and is presented on board.
tells the working principles and the usage in air navigation of satellite based air navigation systems.
expresses the advantages of satellite based nav. sys. from the other nav. sys.
analyses the new studies and methods on sattellite based nav. sys. to augment their precission and range of use.
debates the reliability of the air navigation sys. according to rapid growth in air transportation.
evaluates which system will be used more efficiently in the future.
explains which methods can be used to calculate the basic parameters needed for air navigation.
tells the types and the features of air navigation.
recognizes the different types of map used in air navigation.
calculates the distance to arrival point on the map.
recognizes the time conversions and calculate the time differences at different points of the world.