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NEXT LESSON: #15, Navigation

Suggested student homework assignments:
 Aeronautical Information Manual – Chapter 3 – Airspace
 VFR Chart Legend
 Aeronautical Chart Users Guide – Section 1 – VFR Charts
 Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge – Chapter 15 - Airspace
     o Controlled Airspace – A,B,C,D,E 
     o Uncontrolled Airspace – G 
     o Special Use Airspace 
     o VFR weather minimums chart 
     o Operating rules and pilot/equipment requirements 
 Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge – Chapter 16 - Navigation
     o Aeronautical charts 
     o Converting knots to MPH 
     o Dead reckoning 
     o Charting the course 
     o Filing a VFR flight plan 
     o VOR 
     o Tracking with VOR 
 Gold Seal Online Ground School – Section 5, Lessons 1 through 4

LESSON 15 – Navigation
Dual – ground: 0.5, flight: 1.5, simulated instrument: 0.5
Objective: Introduction to use of aircraft’s navigation systems

Discussion topics:
1) use of VOR system to include identification and tracking VOR signals
2) use of all available resources in the aircraft

Review:
1) performance takeoffs and landings
2) flight by reference to instruments

Introduce:
1) VOR orientation and tracking
2) GPS orientation and tracking
3) emergency descents using radio aids or radar vectors
4) use of airplane navigation systems in emergency situations

Completion standards:
1) Demonstrate basic understanding of use of aircraft navigation systems

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