Pilot's and Navigator's Handbook for Civil Aviation (Selected Articles)

Abstract

The handbook is based both on US and Soviet systems and includes instructions and operating procedures relative to the following: air navigation, international air routes, compass error, course systems, great circle navigation, various navigation instruments, Doppler radar system, azimuth and range system. Foreign (non-Soviet) electronic short-range navigation systems VOR, TACAN, VORTAC, DME, VRM-5 and consol systems, long-range navigation systems (CYTAC, DECCA, DECTRA), airborne KURS-MP-1 navigation and landing equipment, BSU-ZP airborne control system, the NL-10m navigation slide rule, and the NRK-2 navigation calculator are discussed. General information and trouble shooting instructions are given for the RBP-4, RPSN-2, GROZA, and ROZ-1 radar sets. Various methods of celestial navigation are discussed briefly.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 21, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750493

Entities

People

  • G. V. Markov
  • L. A. Ostrogskii

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Direction Finding
  • Flight Speeds
  • Ground Position Indicators
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Loran
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Radio Beacons
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Range Finding
  • Telemetry Equipment

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems