THE SYLLABUS OF AIR NAVIGATION IS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Air Navigation
a)
Basics of Navigation
- The solar system
- seasonal and apparent
movements of the sun
- The earth
- great circle, small
circle, rhumb line
- convergency, conversion
angle
- latitude, difference of
latitude
- longitude, difference of
longitude
- use of latitude and
longitude co-ordinates to locate any specific position
- Time and time conversions
- apparent time
- UTC
- LMT
- standard times
- international dateline
- Directions
- terrestrial magnetism:
declination, deviation and compass variations
- magnetic poles,
isogonals, relationship between true and magnetic
- Distance
- units of distance and
height used in navigation: nautical miles, statute miles, kilometers, metres, yards
and feet
- conversion from one unit
to another
- relationship between
nautical miles and minutes of latitude
b)
Magnetism and Compasses
