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2024/2025

Navigation Calculations

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
21CON-E KZ 2 0P+2C English
Course guarantor:
Lecturer:
Milan Kameník, Denisa Svobodová
Tutor:
Milan Kameník, Denisa Svobodová
Supervisor:
Department of Air Transport
Synopsis:

Projection of maps; times - UTC, Zulu, LT; positioning; sunrise and sunset; distance calculation; projection; maps and symbols; declination; speed; wind components and wind drift; VFR route selection; position plotting.

Requirements:

21OBN - General Navigation

Syllabus of lectures:
Syllabus of tutorials:
Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to practice and learn practical skills in solving navigation tasks and navigation preparations.

Study materials:

Navigation 1: general navigation. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford Aviation Academy, 2008. vi, 720 s. ISBN 1-904935-09-5

Federal Aviation Administration. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge : FAA-H-8083-25B, Newcastle, Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc, 2016.

Federal Aviation Administration. 'The Flight Navigator Handbook : FAA-H-8083-18'

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2024-12-21
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