• The basic principles of air navigation are identical to general navigation, which includes the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement...
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    A tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system initially designed for naval aircraft to acquire moving...
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    80 Air Navigation School is a unit of the South African Air Force. It is currently an aerial navigation, maritime operations and maritime survival school...
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  • An air navigation service provider (ANSP) is a public or a private legal entity providing Air Navigation Services. It manages air traffic on behalf of...
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  • The Future Air Navigation System (FANS) is an avionics system which provides direct data link communication between the pilot and the air traffic controller...
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    of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised EUROCONTROL), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic...
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    The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, marine navigation, aeronautic navigation, and space navigation. It is also the...
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  • or spaceship. Navigation may also refer to: Marine navigation Land navigation Air navigation Ship transport in general Web navigation, browsing and locating...
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    body Estonia – Estonian Air Navigation Services Europe – Eurocontrol (European organisation for the safety of air navigation) Fiji – Fiji Airports (fully...
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    principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly...
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    Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator...
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  • The Plan for the Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids (SCATANA) is an emergency preparedness plan of the United States which prescribes...
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    Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio waves to determine a position of an object on the Earth, either the vessel or an obstruction...
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    In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered. The course is to be distinguished...
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    The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) is a representative body of companies that provide air traffic control. It represents the interests...
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    Area navigation (RNAV, usually pronounced as /ˈɑːrnæv/ "ar-nav") is a method of instrument flight rules (IFR) navigation that allows an aircraft to choose...
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    The Irish Air Navigation Service, trading as AirNav Ireland or AirNav na hÉireann, is the Air Navigation Service Provider of Ireland from 30 April 2023...
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    obtain magnetic bearing. Air navigation is based on magnetic directions thus it is necessary to periodically revise navigational aids to reflect the drift...
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  • ICAO performance-based navigation (PBN) specifies that aircraft required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV) systems performance requirements...
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    The Air Navigation Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 80) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament which gave the British government the authority...
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    In navigation, bearing or azimuth is the horizontal angle between the direction of an object and north or another object. The angle value can be specified...
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    Required navigation performance (RNP) is a type of performance-based navigation (PBN) that allows an aircraft to fly a specific path between two 3D-defined...
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    Navigator (redirect from Navigation officer)
    radio navigation aids were not originally available. As sophisticated electronic air navigation aids and universal space-based GPS navigation systems...
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    designated corridor or risk being shot down. Air corridors should not be confused with airways. Airways are navigational aids which a pilot generally may deviate...
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    modems, amateur radio, and marine communications. Air traffic control communications and air navigation systems (e.g. VOR and ILS) work at distances of...
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  • was concluded under the auspices of the International Commission for Air Navigation (forerunner to ICAO). It attempted to reduce the confusing patchwork...
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    global-range radio navigation system, operated by the United States in cooperation with six partner nations. It was a hyperbolic navigation system, enabling...
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  • first step towards introduction of modern communication, navigation and surveillance / air traffic management system over the Indian airspace. The project...
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  • In aviation, vertical navigation (VNAV, usually pronounced vee-nav) is glidepath information provided during an instrument approach, independently of ground-based...
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    ENAIRE (category Air navigation service providers)
    ENAIRE is the air navigation manager in Spain, certified for the provision of enroute, approach and aerodrome control services. As a public corporate entity...
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