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This category provides the basic radio principles applicable to navigation equipment, as well as an operational knowledge of how to use these systems in instrument flight. This information provides the framework for all instrument procedures, including standard instrument departure procedures (SIDS), departure procedures (DPs), holding patterns, and approaches, because each of these maneuvers consists mainly of accurate attitude instrument flying and accurate tracking using navigation systems.
Posts
- Basic Radio Principles
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Nondirectional Radio Beacons (NDB) (Part One)
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Nondirectional Radio Beacons (NDB) (Part Two)
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) (Part One)
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) (Part Two)
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) (Part Three)
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
- Traditional Navigation Systems – Area Navigation (RNAV) and VOR/DME RNAV
- Advanced Technologies – Global Positioning System (Part One)
- Advanced Technologies – Global Positioning System (Part Two)
- Advanced Technologies – Global Positioning System (Part Three)
- Advanced Technologies – Global Positioning System (Part Four)
- Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS), and Inertial Navigation System (INS)
- Instrument Approach Systems – Instrument Landing Systems (ILS)
- Instrument Approach Systems – Approach Lighting Systems (ALS)
- Instrument Approach Systems – ILS Function and Errors
- Instrument Approach Systems – SDF, LDA, and MLS
- Required Navigation Performance
- Flight Management System (FMS)
- Radar Navigation (Ground-Based)
Recommended
If you are studying for or planning on studying for your instrument rating, the ASA Test Prep guide for the Instrument Rating will help you prepare with samples of every test question in the FAA exam database, along with their answers and explanations. Subjects covered are: meteorology, flight and navigational instruments, instrument flight rules and procedures, arrivals and approaches, and review computations. It also includes a computer testing supplement.
You should also consider getting a copy of the Instrument Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Michael D. Hayes to prepare for the oral exam as well as the the Instrument Rating Airmen Certification Standards by the FAA which outlines the standards for passing the knowledge and oral exams.