1. RADIO AIDS & NAVIGATION RAN 2204
LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION

2. Lesson Timeline Class duration: Week 1-7: Lecture
Ran 2204: Radio Aids & Navigation 40 Credit hours per semester
Class duration:
Week 1-7: Lecture
Week 8-9: Mid term test & public Speaking
Week 10-14: Lecture
Week 15: Study Week
Week 16-17: Final Exam

3. References
Lecturer slides and notes (will be distributed through )
AMC Text Book
Internet:
Suggested Websites:

4. Syllabus Radio Radio System (How radio wave works, interferences)
HF (High Frequency) Radio
VHF (Very High Frequency) Radio
UHF (Ultra High Frequency) Radio

5. Syllabus Navigational NDB (Non Directional Beacon)
ADF (Automatic Direction Finding)
VOR (VHF Omni-directional Range)
DME (Distance Measuring Equipment)
ILS (Instrument Landing System)
Marker Beacons
Area Radar, Approach Radar
GPS (Global Positioning System)
Approach Lighting

6. Definition
Radio: the transmission and reception of RADIO WAVES, especially those carrying audio messages.
Navigation: The process of plan and direct the route of aircraft by using INSTRUMENTS or maps.

7. Definition
Aircraft Communication – The delivery of information to or from aircraft by RADIO or SIGNALS. NASA Thesaurus, Washington, DC
Air Navigation – The action of plotting and directing the route of an aircraft through the air from one place to another. Adapted from the United States Air Force Dictionary.
A study of basic principles of the navigation systems used on modern aircraft including the “glass cockpit” and the general theory of navigation systems will be addressed, along with specific investigation into ADF VOR/localizer, glide slope, marker beacon systems, aircraft drawings and various manufacturer’s support manuals will be used.

8. Instrumentation Airborne Installations:
Indicator System in the Cockpit
Aircraft’s Antenna
Ground Installations

9. Indicator System in the Cockpit

10. Aircraft’s Antenna

11. Ground Installations NDB ILS-LOCALIZER ILS-GLIDE PATH VOR DME MLS
TACAN 11

12. History Aircraft Landing Aids 1920’s: Airport Lighting (Beacon)
1929: four-course radio range, where the pilot was guided by the strength of Morse code signals.
1930’s: Approach Lighting(Glide path & Glide slope)
1938’s: ILS
1940’s: Slope-line approach system
1948, distance measuring equipment (DME)
1950’s: development of radar during World War II led to the development of a new precision-beam landing aid called ground control approach (GCA).
1980’s: Microwave Landing System, 1994 halted by FAA
1994: Global Positioning System