The Flight Navigator Handbook

The Flight Navigator Handbook

<div>The <I>Flight Navigator Handbook</I> provides information on all phases of air navigation and is a source of reference for everyone in the field, from navigators to navigator students.<BR><BR>This handbook explains how to measure, chart the earth, and use flight instruments to solve basic navigation problems. It also contains data pertaining to flight publications, preflight planning, in-flight procedures, and low altitude navigation.<p>Specific topics covered throughout the pages of this informational and helpful guide include:<BR><ul><li>Reading maps, charts, and grids</li><li>Dead reckoning</li><li>Radio aid fixing and radio navigation</li><li>Celestial concepts and special celestial techniques</li><li>Computing altitude</li><li>Pressure pattern navigation</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>Additional information can also be found in the four included and up-to-date appendixes. This includes a listing of references and supporting information used in this publication; mathematical formulas to use as an aid in preflight and in-flight computations; chart and navigation symbols; and a Celestial Computation Sheet.</p></div>