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Chapter 9 — Navigation Systems

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  1. navigation systems
  2. navigation equipment
  3. instrument flight
  4. instrument procedures
  5. SIDs — standard instrument departure procedures
  6. satellite-based radio navigation system
  7. DOD — Department of Defense
  8. electromagnetic (EM) wave
  9. holding patterns
  10. approaches
  11. WGS-84
  12. attitude instrument flying
  13. IFR navigation
  14. radio wave
  15. EM — electromagnetic
  16. Oceanic Airspace
  17. frequency
  18. IAPs — Instrument Approach Procedures
  19. Resistance
  20. Antenna
  21. en route
  22. receiver
  23. terminal operations
  24. conductivity
  25. GPS Components
  26. high frequency (HF)
  27. radio wave propagation
  28. space element
  29. control element
  30. ground wave
  31. ionosphere
  32. user element
  33. global positioning system (GPS)
  34. Navstar satellites
  35. sky wave
  36. constellation
  37. HF — High Frequency
  38. NAVSTAR — Navigation System using Timing and Ranging
  39. satellite communication
  40. orbital planes
  41. space wave
  42. Block II/IIA/IIR and IIR-M satellites
  43. GPS — Global Positioning System
  44. Block IIF satellites
  45. instrument landing system (ILS)
  46. pseudo-random code
  47. propeller/rotor modulation error
  48. VOR — very high frequency omnidirectional range
  49. ILS — Instrument Landing System
  50. course guidance
  51. ILS critical areas
  52. very high frequency (VHF)
  53. Great Circle route
  54. line of sight
  55. ultra-high frequency (UHF)
  56. DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
  57. Function of GPS
  58. precipitation static (P-static)
  59. ETA — Estimated TIME of Arrival
  60. St. Elmo's Fire
  61. VOR/DME station
  62. Static
  63. Traditional Navigation Systems
  64. VFR
  65. ADF — Automatic Direction Finder
  66. precipitation static
  67. DP — departure procedure
  68. LORAN — LOng RAnge Navigation
  69. P-static
  70. magnetic compass
  71. STAR — standard terminal arrival route
  72. VHF — Very High Frequency
  73. UHF — ultra-high frequency
  74. avionics
  75. Flight Plan
  76. P-static — precipitation static
  77. test and initialization
  78. VLF — very-low frequency
  79. Track
  80. Bearing
  81. NDB — nondirectional radio beacon
  82. GPS Substitution
  83. RB — relative bearing
  84. IFR En Route and Terminal Operations
  85. MH — magnetic heading
  86. GPS Substitution for ADF or DME
  87. MB — magnetic bearing
  88. Morse code identifier
  89. AM broadcast band
  90. AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
  91. DME Fix
  92. sense antenna
  93. loop antenna
  94. NDB — Nondirectional Beacon
  95. Station Passage
  96. Compass Locator
  97. rotatable compass-card ADF
  98. fixed-card ADF
  99. VOR — VHF omnidirectional range
  100. RBI — relative bearing indicator
  101. wind correction angle (WCA)
  102. IFR Flight Using GPS
  103. movable-card ADF
  104. GPS Instrument Approaches
  105. RMI — Radio Magnetic Indicator
  106. waypoint (WP)
  107. azimuth card
  108. CFIT — controlled flight into terrain
  109. GPS overlay approaches
  110. GPS stand-alone approaches
  111. gyrocompass
  112. RMI slaving system
  113. ADF needle
  114. Radial
  115. VMC — Visual Meteorological Conditions
  116. IMC — Instrument Meteorological Conditions
  117. orientation
  118. VOR needle
  119. Homing
  120. VOR/DME
  121. GPS Errors
  122. MH + RB = MB
  123. TACAN — Tactical Air Navigation
  124. tracking
  125. track inbound
  126. WCA — wind correction angle
  127. Crosswind
  128. GPS Familiarization
  129. track outbound
  130. DGPS — Differential Global Positioning Systems
  131. intercept a bearing
  132. intercepting bearings
  133. NAVAID — Navigational Aid
  134. nonprecision instrument approaches
  135. tracking inbound
  136. WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
  137. longitudinal axis
  138. tracking outbound
  139. Wide Area Reference Station
  140. VOR
  141. Wide Area Master Station
  142. courses
  143. GEO synchronous satellites
  144. radials
  145. VOR transmitter
  146. APV — Approach with Vertical Guidance
  147. Morse code
  148. LNAV/VNAV
  149. NOTAMs — Notices to Airmen
  150. A/FD — Airport/Facility Directory
  151. barometric vertical navigation
  152. LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
  153. GPS reference receiver
  154. intercept angle
  155. VOR ground station
  156. pseudo-range
  157. drift correction angle
  158. OFF flag
  159. standby transmitter
  160. VHF data broadcast
  161. Category I approach
  162. heading indicator
  163. Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
  164. ILS localizer frequency
  165. inbound bearing
  166. INS — Inertial Navigation System
  167. OBS — omnibearing selector
  168. outbound MB
  169. course index
  170. INS Components
  171. interception angle
  172. accelerometer
  173. CDI — Course deviation indicator
  174. full needle deflection
  175. gyros
  176. course deviation bar (CDI)
  177. IRS — inertial reference systems
  178. TO/FROM indicator
  179. laser gyros
  180. unreliable signal flag
  181. warning flag
  182. HSI — Horizontal situation indicator
  183. INS Errors
  184. LOC — localizer
  185. NAS — National Airspace System
  186. selected heading box
  187. back-course approach
  188. magnetic north
  189. Azimuth
  190. holding pattern entry
  191. INS/IRS
  192. XPDR — Transponder
  193. electronic flight instruments
  194. Instrument Approach Systems
  195. Lubber line
  196. heading select bug
  197. course select pointer
  198. SDF — simplified directional facility
  199. zone of confusion
  200. course deviation scale
  201. LDA — localizer-type directional aid
  202. compass card
  203. MLS — microwave landing system
  204. Tracking TO and FROM the Station
  205. precision instrument approach procedure
  206. symbolic aircraft
  207. glideslope pointer
  208. Precision Approach
  209. course select knob
  210. Localizer
  211. GS — glideslope
  212. heading select knob
  213. 14 CFR part 91
  214. marker beacons
  215. Approach Lights
  216. NAV warning flag
  217. PFD — Primary Flight Display
  218. CDI interpretation
  219. DME collocated with the GS transmitter
  220. Category I approaches
  221. course interception
  222. Category II approaches
  223. logbook
  224. VOR operational errors
  225. Category III approaches
  226. reverse sensing
  227. decision height
  228. interrogating radio frequency (RF) pulses
  229. VOR accuracy
  230. LOC ground antenna array
  231. VOR receiver accuracy check
  232. field pattern
  233. VOT — VOR test facility
  234. distance measuring equipment
  235. ILS/DME
  236. MM — Middle Marker
  237. course window
  238. DME components
  239. LOC/DME
  240. OM — Outer Marker
  241. Back course
  242. Transponder
  243. front course
  244. Interrogator
  245. ON/OFF/Volume Switch
  246. 108.1 to 111.95 MHz
  247. groundspeed
  248. fly-left
  249. HOLD
  250. time to station
  251. Altitude
  252. DME arc
  253. fly-right
  254. Function of DME
  255. wind-drift correction angle
  256. Intercepting Lead Radials
  257. lead radial
  258. localizer course width
  259. full-scale deflection
  260. half-standard rate turn
  261. Glidepath
  262. slant range distance
  263. course deviation bar
  264. DME/DME fix
  265. runway touchdown zone
  266. slant range
  267. GS projection angle
  268. slant range error
  269. IAP — Instrument Approach Procedures
  270. RNAV — Area Navigation
  271. Threshold Crossing Height
  272. INS — inertial navigation systems
  273. actual track
  274. outer marker beacon
  275. cross-track error
  276. middle marker beacon
  277. VOR/DME RNAV Components
  278. Function of VOR/DME RNAV
  279. Inner Marker Beacon
  280. WP — waypoint
  281. Category II operations
  282. IFR — Instrument Flight Rules
  283. reciprocal
  284. POH/AFM — Pilot's Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
  285. 190—535 KHz
  286. intercept heading
  287. VOR/DME RNAV
  288. course roughness
  289. VORTAC
  290. ALSF-2
  291. FLAG Alarm
  292. ALSF-1
  293. angular course width deviation
  294. dual system VOR
  295. SSALR — simplified short approach light system with runway alignment indicator lights
  296. linear cross-track deviation
  297. MALSR — medium intensity approach light system with runway alignment indicator lights
  298. FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
  299. MALSF — medium intensity approach light system with sequenced flashing lights
  300. RNAV mode
  301. FSS — Flight Service Station
  302. RNAV/APPR mode
  303. FCC — Federal Communications Commission
  304. ODALS — omnidirectional approach light system
  305. RNAV route
  306. ATC — Air Traffic Control
  307. ILS Airborne Components
  308. NDB/Compass Locator
  309. STARs — standard terminal arrival routes
  310. VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
  311. VOR/LOC Course
  312. cross-pointer indicator
  313. IAF — Initial Approach FIX
  314. FAF — Final Approach FIX
  315. ILS Function
  316. MAP — Missed Approach Point
  317. Procedure Turn
  318. Final Approach Course
  319. radiated VOT
  320. VNAV — Vertical Navigation
  321. Missed Approach
  322. RF — Radio Frequency
  323. vertical guidance
  324. horizontal guidance
  325. ILS Errors
  326. 90 Hz
  327. GS indicator
  328. NM — nautical miles
  329. 150 Hz
  330. Nonprecision Approach
  331. Operational Errors
  332. TTS — time to station
  333. localizer interception angle
  334. VOR/DME RNAV errors
  335. reception volume
  336. GNSS — Global Navigation Satellite System
  337. LDA — Localizer Type Directional Aid
  338. GPS reference receivers
  339. service volume
  340. slant-range error
  341. approach azimuth
  342. GPS constellation
  343. back azimuth
  344. approach elevation
  345. final approach guidance
  346. data communications
  347. lead point
  348. Approach Azimuth Guidance
  349. true north
  350. UHF spectrum
  351. 5031 to 5091 MHz
  352. ILS — Instrument Landing Systems
  353. ILS Components
  354. Ground Components
  355. LOM — Locator Outer Marker
  356. RNP — Required Navigation Performance
  357. FMS — Flight Management Systems
  358. Glideslope
  359. CDU — control/display unit
  360. glass flight deck navigation displays
  361. HUD — head-up display
  362. autopilot
  363. SSALR/MALSR
  364. autothrottle
  365. MALSF
  366. Loran
  367. ODALS
  368. RNAV/APPR
  369. Radar Navigation (Ground-Based)
  370. RF energy
  371. Threshold
  372. Below glidepath
  373. On glidepath
  374. Above glidepath
  375. Far Bar
  376. Near Bar
  377. primary surveillance radar
  378. ATCRBS — Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System
  379. SSR — secondary surveillance radar
  380. beacon antenna
  381. course centerline
  382. ARSR — Air Route Surveillance Radar
  383. FAF
  384. ARTCC — Air Route Traffic Control Center
  385. ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
  386. PAR — Precision Approach Radar
  387. WGS-84 — World Geodetic System of 1984
  388. ASDE — Airport Surface Detection Equipment
  389. radarscope
  390. Required Navigation Performance
  391. radar vectors
  392. MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
  393. RNP 0.3
  394. DH — Decision Height
  395. RNP 1.0
  396. nonprecision instrument approach
  397. RNP 2.0
  398. Function of FMS
  399. surveillance radar approach procedure
  400. Airport Surface Detection Equipment
  401. Radar Limitations
  402. The Universal UNS-1
  403. latitude
  404. longitude
  405. Functions of Radar Navigation
  406. TSO — Technical Standard Order
  407. TSO C-129
  408. GPS navigation database
  409. VFR — Visual Flight Rules
  410. triangulation
  411. CA — Course/Acquisition code
  412. mask angle
  413. RAIM — Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
  414. baro-aiding
  415. barometric altimeter
  416. integrity anomaly
  417. TSO C-115a
  418. hand-held GPS systems
  419. FL 240
  420. MSL — mean sea level
  421. five-letter fix name
  422. HOLD mode
  423. OBS mode
  424. current database
  425. GPS NOTAMs
  426. GPS satellite outages
  427. RAIM prediction
  428. departure WP
  429. IAWP — Initial Approach Waypoint
  430. Feeder Fix
  431. FAWP — Final Approach Waypoint
  432. MAWP — Missed Approach Waypoint
  433. fly-over WPs
  434. approach mode
  435. step-down fixes
  436. vectors to final
  437. en route CDI sensitivity
  438. extended final approach course
  439. OCS — Obstacle Clearance Surface
  440. satellite atomic clock inaccuracies
  441. selective availability
  442. Terminal RAIM
  443. ICAO Annex 10
  444. wide-area master station
  445. GEO — Geostationary Satellite
  446. Category I precision approaches
  447. SBAS — Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems
  448. EGNOS
  449. MSAS — Japanese Multifunctional Transport Satellite Satellite-based Augmentation System
  450. TSO-C145A
  451. TSO-C146A
  452. AFM — aircraft flight manual
  453. electronic glidepath
  454. ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
  455. GPS-reference facility
  456. Inertial Navigation System
  457. course and altitude guidance
  458. Category I
  459. Category II
  460. Category III
  461. height above touchdown
  462. distance-to-touchdown
  463. extended centerline
  464. UHF Glideslope Transmitter
  465. glide slope angle
  466. Rate of Descent Chart
  467. IM — Inner Marker
  468. back-course marker
  469. runway touchdown zone elevation
  470. outer locator
  471. middle locator
  472. ALS — approach lighting system
  473. instrument approach stage
  474. runway touchdown zone markers
  475. visual transition
  476. REIL — Runway End Identifier Lights
  477. downwind light bars
  478. upwind light bars
  479. two-bar VASI
  480. three-bar VASI
  481. ALSF — Approach light system with sequenced flashing lights
  482. GS frequency pairing
  483. flying away from the needle
  484. rate of descent
  485. GS interception
  486. BCM — Back-Course Marker
  487. false courses
  488. AGL — above ground level
  489. HIGH/LOW/OFF three-position switch
  490. Straight-in Minimums
  491. Circling Minimums
  492. TSE — Total System Error
  493. NSE — Navigation System Errors
  494. FTE — Flight Technical Errors
  495. MASPS — Minimum Aviation System Performance Specification
  496. OpsSpecs — Operations Specifications
  497. FMS — Flight Management System
  498. aircraft performance data
  499. navigational accuracy
  500. FMS computer
  501. head-down display
  502. Radar
  503. windshield
  504. DA — Decision Altitude
  505. trend information
  506. Mode C
  507. radar approach control
  508. control tower
  509. Traffic Advisories
  510. temperature inversions
  511. taxiways