{"product_id":"ground-studies-for-pilots-radio-aids-sixth-edition-isbn-9780632055739","title":"Ground Studies for Pilots: Radio Aids Sixth Edition","description":"This well regarded series for students taking the commercial and airline transport pilot licences has been substantially revised to bring it into line with the new European Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs) for flight crew licensing. Each volume deals with the material required by one of the new JAR papers. \u003cp\u003eThis volume covers those subjects traditionally referred to as 'Radio Aids'. It includes not only those systems, ground and airborne equipment, comprising the JAR Radio Navigation paper, but also the basic principles of radio wave propagation and communications required in the Aircraft General paper. The volume also covers those warning systems which use radio principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt continues to cover basic principles, as well as communications and navigation equipment. Emphasis on obsolete systems has been reduced to allow increased coverage of modern equipment. Coverage has been expanded on displays and satellite communications and navigation systems, as well as warning systems for terrain and collision avoidance and altitude monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe opportunity has been taken to simplify the presentation of information so as to aid revision work. Many test questions and answers have been included, based on the JAR syllabus.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface. \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Radio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadio Waves in the Atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVHF Direction Finding (VDF).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eADF\/NDB.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVOR (VHF Omnirange).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadio Magnetic Indicator (RMI) and Other VOR Indictors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstrument Landing System and Markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Radar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGround Radar Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisplays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAirborne Weather Radar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoppler Radar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary Radar Theory and DME.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSatellite Navigation Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArea Navigation Systems (RNAV).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary Surveillance Radar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollision Warning Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicrowave Landing System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadio Altimeters and Altitude Warnings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerrain Avoidance Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHyperbolic Principles and LORAN-C.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObsolete Hyperbolic Systems – Decca and Omega.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Sample Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e The late Roy Underdown was Principal of the College of Air Training, Hamble. David Cockburn is an experienced pilot and flight instructor. His varied flying career includes service with the Royal Air Force's electronic warfare and radio aid calibration squadrons. He has taught in several training organisations, military and commercial, as a ground instructor, and at the time of this revision was a teaching advisor in the Aeronautical Sciences Department of the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  This well regarded series for students taking the commercial and airline transport pilot licences has been substantially revised to bring it into line with the new European Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs) for flight crew licensing. Each volume deals with the material required by one of the new JAR papers. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume covers those subjects traditionally referred to as 'Radio Aids'. It includes not only those systems, ground and airborne equipment, comprising the JAR Radio Navigation paper, but also the basic principles of radio wave propagation and communications required in the Aircraft General paper. The volume also covers those warning systems which use radio principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt continues to cover basic principles, as well as communications and navigation equipment. Emphasis on obsolete systems has been reduced to allow increased coverage of modern equipment. Coverage has been expanded on displays and satellite communications and navigation systems, as well as warning systems for terrain and collision avoidance and altitude monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe opportunity has been taken to simplify the presentation of information so as to aid revision work. 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