General Navigation – Index

Wg Cdr Rajagopal

General Navigation – Basic Air Navigation

Index

General Navigation is the most basic form of navigation, since it has been in vogue before the Radio Navigation Aids were invented. Obviously, General Navigation sets the foundation for Air Navigation.

  • Topics covered in General Navigation
  • Direction, Latitude and Longitude
  • Great Circles, Rhumb Lines & Directions on the Earth
  • Earth Magnetism
  • The Navigation Computer – Slide Rule Face
  • The Navigation Computer – Distance, Speed, Time and Conversions
  • The Navigation Computer – TAS and Altitude Conversions
  • The Navigation Computer – Triangle of Velocities
  • The Navigation Computer – Calculation of Heading and Wind Finding
  • The Navigation Computer – Multi-drift Winds and Wind Components
  • The 1 in 60 Rule
  • Navigation Using the 1 in 60 Rule
  • Other Applications of the 1 in 60 Rule
  • Topographical Maps and Map Reading
  • Convergency and Conversion Angle
  • Departure
  • Scale
  • General Chart Properties
  • Mercator Charts – Properties
  • Mercator Charts – Scale
  • Lamberts Conformal Chart – 1
  • Lamberts Conformal Chart – 2
  • The Polar Stereographic Chart
  • Time (1)
  • Time (2)
  • Time (3)
  • Gridded Charts
  • Plotting
  • The Direct Indicating Compass
  • Aircraft Magnetism