3rd Edition
Aircraft Communications and Navigation Systems
1. Introduction
2. Antennas
3. Transmitters and receivers
4. VHF communications
5. HF communications
6. Flight-deck audio systems
7. Emergency locator transmitters
8. Aircraft navigation
9. Automatic direction finder
10. VHF omnidirectional range
11. Distance measuring equipment
12. Instrument landing system
13. Doppler navigation
14. Area navigation
15. Inertial navigation systems
16. Global navigation satellite systems
17. Flight management systems
18. Weather radar
19. Air traffic control systems
20. Traffic alert and collision avoidance systems
21. Electromagnetic compatibility.
Biography
Mike Tooley has over 30 years’ experience of teaching electrical principles, electronics and avionics to engineers and technicians, previously as Head of the Department of Engineering and Vice Principal at Brooklands College, Surrey, UK. He currently works as a consultant and freelance technical author.
David Wyatt has over 45 years’ experience in the aviation industry. After a technician apprenticeship in BOAC he progressed as a development engineer at BA. After a period as an avionics engineering lecturer in further education, David went on to become Head of Airworthiness at Gama Aviation. David is the author of several popular books in the Routledge Aircraft Engineering Series.
