Flight management and Nav systems

Question 1

What is the Glass Cockpit?

Answer 1

A cockpit with Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS). These are screens that display flight info in convenient forms

Question 2

What is the Autopilot?

Answer 2

A computer device that can fly an aeroplane on its own. Pilot is there to monitor and check it

Question 3

How does radar work?

Answer 3

The detection of radio signal pulses sent from a station (Magnetron) and reflecting off a target

Question 4

What is GPS?

Answer 4

The global positioning system of 24 satellites used to tell where you are on the globe

Question 5

How does GPS localisation work?

Answer 5

GPS satellites are equip with atomic clocks that when gien a start time of transmission and a radio signal is received, can give a calculated distance to where the signal came from. 4 satellites are used to make GPS accurate

Question 6

What is the ILS?

Answer 6

Inertial Navigation system- A system of gyroscopes and accelererometers. It is used to estimate the position of the craft and is accurate currently to 0.3 nm/h