Ground Studies for Pilots

The late Roy Underdown was Principal of the College of Air Training, Hamble. Tony Palmer worked with him for many years preparing British Airways students for Civil Aviation Authority examinations. He is still employed as the Director of Training for Airline Training Associates which specialises in training for CAA examinations and also in all aspects of airline operations training.

Mathematics reminders; Form of the earth & linear distances and examples; Convergency, conversion angle, departure and examples; Directions; Magnetism. General & Terrestrial and examples; Map projections in general and examples; The standard mercator projection and examples; Transverse and oblique mercators and examples; Lambert's conformal conic projection and examples; Polar sterographic projection and examples; Using aeronautical charts; The velocity triangle; The navigational circular slide rule and examples; The navigational computer; Temperatures, airspeeds and altitudes; DR navigation; Maximum range, radius of action and point of no return; Point of equal or critical point and examples; Visual navigation; Navigation on climbs and descents; Navigation in the cruise. Use of fixes; Practical plotting and the flight log and examples; The flight management system (FMS); Inertial navigation systems and examples; The solar system and time and examples; Phenomena and examples.