Navigation and Radio Theory Flashcards
Describe Direction
What are the three methods of describing direction?
True, Magnetic and Compass
Describe True North
Describe Magnetic North
Describe Compass North
Define Variation
Define Deviation
How is variation and deviation used?
-to obtain the magnetic heading if the variation is westerly, add it to the true north heading
-to obtain the magnetic heading if the variation is easterly, subtract it from the true north heading
-to obtain the compass heading if the deviation is westerly, add it to the magnetic heading
-to obtain the compass heading if the deviation is easterly, subtract it from the magnetic heading
Describe Latitude
Describe Longitude
Describe Time zones and name the zones in canada
What is the common time standard in navigation
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
12:00 PM –> 1200 hours UTC
06:00 AM –> 0600 hours UTC
01:50 PM –> 1350 hours UTC
Name and describe the types of bearings
Describe Heading
Describe Drift
if an aircraft is heading at 090 but is tracking 110 then the drift is 20 degrees
Describe Nautical Mile
One degree of latitude is equal to 60 nautical miles so a nautical mile is the average length of one minute of latitude
1 nautical mile NM = 6076.12 feet
What are the four methods of measuring speed and describe them
Describe Frequency
How are frequencies measured?
How are frequencies categorised?
What are the two types LF, MF, and HF signals and their characteristics?
What are the characteristics of VHF and UHF frequencies?
Describe the application of each category of radio signals (LF, MF, HF, VHF, UHF)
What is the radio band and spacing used for civil aviation?
