IH.I.C.K1a
KnowledgeRoute planning, including consideration of:
Available navigational facilities
From the FAA library
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-6. Flight Plan - IFR Flights
system availability, accuracy, and airworthiness standards. For additional information and guidance on RNAV equipment requirements see Advisory Circular (AC) 20-138 Airworthiness Approval of Positioning and Navigation Systems and AC 90-100 U.S. Terminal and En Route Area Navigation (RNAV ... Operations. 3. Pilots of aircraft equipped with latitude/longitude coordinate navigation capability, independent of VOR/TACAN references, may file for random RNAV using the following procedures: (a) File airport-to-airport flight plans prior to departure. (b) File the appropriate RNAV capability…
- Chapter 3: Aircraft Construction › Chapter Summary › Navigation Instruments
navigation facility or fix. This group of instruments includes various types of course indicators, range indicators, glideslope indicators, and bearing pointers. Newer aircraft with more technologically advanced instrumentation provide blended information, giving the pilot more accurate positional information. Navigation instruments ... understanding of aircraft structures and controls can be gained through the use of flight simulation software or interactive programs available online through aviation organizations, such as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Pilots are also encouraged to subscribe…
- Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
flight. Aeronautical information includes visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions and related data. SDF. See simplified directional facility. Selective availability (SA). A satellite technology permitting the Department of Defense (DOD) to create…
- Chapter 7: Helicopter Instrument Procedures › Inadvertent IMC
Consideration should be given to the local flying area’s terrain, airspace, air traffic facilities, weather (including seasonal affects such as icing and thunderstorms), and available airfield/heliport approaches. Training should emphasize the identification of circumstances conducive to inadvertent ... avoid CFIT. Current IFR en route and approach charts for the route of flight are essential. A GPS navigation receiver with a moving map provides exceptional situational awareness for terrain and obstacle avoidance. Training for an emergency transition…
- Glossary › Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
Feeder facilities. Used by ATC to direct aircraft to intervening fixes between the en route structure and the initial approach fix. Final approach. Part of an instrument approach procedure in which alignment and descent for landing are accomplished. Final approach ... Flight management system (FMS). Provides pilot and crew with highly accurate and automatic long-range navigation capability, blending available inputs from long- and short-range sensors. Flightpath. The line, course, or track along which an aircraft is flying…
- 14 CFR § 121.657 Flight altitude rules.
except when, after considering the character of the terrain, the quality and quantity of meteorological services, the navigational facilities available, and other flight conditions, the Administrator prescribes other minimums for any route or part of a route where he finds…