This is Volume 3 in a series of seven from Trevor Thom and covers the tricky subject of Air Navigation and again like it's predesesors it is marvellous. If you are taking a PPL, this book is an absolute must as it contains most of the syllabus and is a great guide into navigation.

Updated to the new JAR syllabus 'The Air Pilot's Manual' series by Trevor Thom have become internationally recognised as the foremost pilot training textbooks. With new, easy to read page layouts and excellent, clear computer generated graphics throughout they offer the student the best opportunity for easy learning of the Flying and Ground subjects for the Private Pilot Licence and will always provide excellent revision for the qualified pilot. They are standard issue for flying training organisations in the United Kingdom and throughout the World

Contents of this volume

Volume 3 covers Air Navigation and includes:

Basic Navigation Theory - Speed - Direction Navigation Computer - Vertical Navigation Time - The Earth - Aero-Nautical Charts Flight Planning - Pre-Flight - Route Selection and Charts - Flight Log - Flight Plan En-Route Navigation - Techniques - Navigation in Remote Areas - Entry/Exit Lanes .

This volume is designed to teach the practical elements of flight planning and to provide a sound basis for the planning skills required as an Airline Transport Pilot. The learning objectives cover important elements such as fuel planning, the completion of flight plans, the interpretation of meteorological messages and the essential components of IFR Airways route planning.

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• Flight Plan for Cross-Country Flights
• ICAO ATC Flight Planning
• IFR (Airways) Flight Planning
• Jeppesen Airway Manual
• Meteorological Messages
• Point of Equal Time
• Point of Safe Return
• Medium Range Jet Transport Planning

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The practical elements of the course cover the application of this knowledge to single engine piston, multi-engine piston, and medium range jet transport aircraft through the Civil Aviation Authority JAR FCL Examinations Flight Planning Manual (CAP 697). It also covers the requirements of course for IFR (Airways) and VFR planning.

This new 2005 manual is part of the most current set of JAA ATPL training books on the market. The philosophy of these manuals is to train pilots to fly safely and competently, not just pass the exams. To this end, the material is thorough and comprehensive, yet the books utilise full-color graphics and diagrams that make complex topics easier to grasp. The complete set of 15 volumes contains nearly 4,000 pages.

Radio Navigation is an essential element of IFR route flying and a subject in which the prospective Airline Transport Pilot must be proficient. This volume provides the student with the necessary information to pass the JAR ATPL (A) examinations in Radio Navigation and provides a grounding for type rating training and commercial operations.

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• Radio Aids
• Self-contained and External-Referenced Navigation Systems
• Basic Radar Principles
• Area Navigation Systems
• Basic Radio Propagation Theory

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In addition, it takes the prospective ATPL (A) pilot from the basics of wave theory to the practical application of radio aids for navigation and precision/non-precision approaches. The learning objectives for the JAR ATPL (A) examination also include radar principles and their application to ground radar, primary and secondary surveillance radar, and airborne weather radar. With the increasing acceptance of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) as an aid to navigation, there is also a discussion on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Area Navigation Systems (RNAV).

This new 2005 manual is part of the most current set of JAA ATPL training books on the market. The philosophy of these manuals is to train pilots to fly safely and competently, not just pass the exams. To this end, the material is thorough and comprehensive, yet the books utilise full-color graphics and diagrams that make complex topics easier to grasp. The complete set of 15 volumes contains nearly 4,000 pages.

ATPL Training Manual 10: Navigation 1 - General Navigation, covers the JAR-FCL syllabus and Learning Objectives for this subject and also includes specimen revision and test questions and answers. It deals with every aspect of classical air navigation - from basic pilot navigation to advanced plotting. The many coloured diagrams and maps will help the future professional pilot to master this absorbing subject which many students, in the past, have found to be the greatest hurdle to passing the ATPL theoretical examinations.

Being a competent pilot-navigator is the very essence of piloting. The foundation upon which sound pilot-navigation skills are built is meticulous flight planning.

The principal aims of this book are to teach you the theory and practice which underpin successful flight planning, and the art of single-pilot, visual navigation, as well as to prepare you for the theoretical knowledge examinations of the Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL), and beyond. To this end, the book consists of two sections; the first section deals with dead reckoning visual navigation techniques, that every pilot must master, and the second section is an introduction to radio-navigation aids.

Accompanying the book, is an interactive CD-ROM which teaches you how to use the analogue navigation computer which is used in the theoretical knowledge examinations, and which is still a firm favourite of many practising pilots. The CD-ROM contains thousands of self-test questions on the functionality of the navigation computer. These are in addition more than 170 end-of-chapter PPL-style questions.

Designed without compromise to produce the most accurate flight computer available, the award winning ARC-2 gives levels of accuracy simply unavailable in any competing flight computer. Designed not only to be accurate and easy to read, the careful choice f materials and construction guarantees a long life with smooth, glitch-free operation. Simply compare the ARC-2 with any similar flight computer and you'll see why it is the instrument of choice for the discerning student or professional pilot. Compatible with JAA-FCL professional pilot examinations.

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Additional features of the ARC-2 above the ARC-1 include:

Compressibilty calculation
Temperature rise scale
Additional speed conversions to metres per second
Distance conversions to centimetres and inches

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