AVIATION NAVIGATION AND CARTOGRAPHY

AVIATION NAVIGATION BOOK


Fifth Volume of a Series of Book dedicated to Aviation.


These Books represent a chronology of studies for a Pilot, from General Aviation Pilot to A380 Ultra Long-Haul Pilot.


This Book contains the following Chapters & Subchapters:


DEFINITIONS


Q CODES


RADIO SPECTRUM


NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

- DECCA

- LORAN C

- OMEGA NAVIGATION SYSTEM

- NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACON (NDB)

- DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (DME)

- VHF OMNIDIRECTIONAL RANGE (VOR)

- TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION (TACAN)

- INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS)

- MICROWAVE LANDING SYSTEM (MLS)

- GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)

- DIFFERENTIAL GPS (DGPS)

- GROUND BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (GBAS)

- SPACE BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (SBAS)


AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT

- INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (INS)

- TRAFFIC COLLISION AND AVOIDANCE SYSTEM /EUROPEAN AIRBORNE COLLISION    AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (TCAS/ACAS)

- T3CAS/TAWS (TERRAIN AWARENESS AND WARNING SYSTEM)

- ADS-B (AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE BROADCAST)

- GPWS /EGWPS (GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM &

  ENHANCE GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM)


CARTOGRAPHY

- CYLINDRICAL PROJECTION

- MERCATOR

- LAMBERT CYLINDRICAL PROJECTION

- PSEUDOCYLINDRICAL

- HEAL (HIERARCHICAL EQUAL AREA ISOLATITUDE)

- MOLLWEIDE PROJECTION

- LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC

- AERONAUTICAL CHART LAMBERT CONICAL CONFORMAL

- PSEUDOCONIC

- GNOMONIC

- GNOMONIC NORTH POLE PROJECTION


COPYRIGHT


This book is dedicated to all professionals interested in Navigation Systems, Cartography and equipment installed on an aircraft.

It provides a General Idea about all systems and will increase the Aeronautical Knowledge of the  reader.