Navigation Flashcards
Frequencies 122.0 and 122.9 are used for _______
Flight watch and MULTICOM
CTAF
Common traffic advisory frequency
If at a towered airport and tower is closed, what CTAF is appropriate?
Same as tower frequency.
For what types of airports is MULTICOM used?
Those without a tower, FSS, or UNICOM
What altitudes is EFAS available?
5,000 to 18,000 MSL
What are the types of FAA advisory circulars?
60 = airmen, 70 = airspace, 90 = air traffic control, and general operations
NTAP
Notices to airmen publication; comes out every 28 days, and has NOTAMs that are expected to last for a while. Once in the NTAP, these NOTAMs might not be part of a routine report anymore.
ADF
Automatic direction finder
NAVAID
National Airway System radio aid to navigation
OBS
Omni bearing selector
CDI
Course deviation indicator
RMI
Radio magnetic indicator
Relative bearing is _____
Difference between magnetic direction of flight and direction to a station
Magnetic bearing is _______
direction aircraft must fly to reach a selected station
The difference between homing and tracking is _____
homing is flying the aircraft so that the azimuth needle points directly in front of aircraft; tracking is following a straight geographic path regardless of wind effect