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Author:   R. B. Underdown ,  David Cockburn (RAF and CAA flying instructor, Safety Regulation Group, UK Civil Aviation Authority)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   6th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9780632055739

ISBN 10:   0632055731
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   20 April 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface. List of Abbreviations. Basic Radio. Radio Waves in the Atmosphere. Communications. VHF Direction Finding (VDF). ADF/NDB. VOR (VHF Omnirange). Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI) and Other VOR Indictors. Instrument Landing System and Markers. Basic Radar. Ground Radar Services. Displays. Airborne Weather Radar. Doppler Radar. Secondary Radar Theory and DME. Satellite Navigation Systems. Area Navigation Systems (RNAV). Secondary Surveillance Radar. Collision Warning Systems. Microwave Landing System. Radio Altimeters and Altitude Warnings. Terrain Avoidance Systems. Hyperbolic Principles and LORAN-C. Obsolete Hyperbolic Systems – Decca and Omega. Answers to Sample Questions. Index.

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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.

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