What Is Airborne Weather Radar?

It is very interesting to know that nowadays majority of aircraft's fly a high altitude. But there are lots of clouding too, in such high altitudes. So, how the aircraft manages to avoid or penetrate such clouds. Here it is how. Nowadays almost all the commercial aircraft are fitted with Airborne Weather Radar system. It is basically a Primary Radar whose antenna is fitted on the nose of aircraft and scans the forward area ahead of aircraft track. Weather Radar transmits pulses which are reflected by the water droplets which are present on the clouds. The denser the cloud, more will be the content of water droplets and hence more of the transmitted pulses will be reflected back to the aircraft and the intensity of reflected pulses will be displayed accordingly.

You will study further in details during CPL & ATPL training modules.

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What Is Navigation

Finding the way from one place to another is called NAVIGATION.

Aircraft Navigation is the art and science of getting from a departure point to a destination in the least possible time without losing your way.

In the past, plotting on the paper or on the map a course towards a specific area of the earth used to be a task assigned to a specialized member of the aircraft's crew such a navigator. Such a task was quite complicated and not always accurate. Since it depended on the observation, using simple maps and geometrical instruments for calculations.

Today, aerial navigation has become an art which nears to perfection. Both external Navaids (Navigational Aids) and on-board systems help navigate any aircraft over thousands of miles with such accuracy that could only be imagined a few decades ago.

Pilots have various navigation aids that help them take-off, fly, and land safely.

One of the most important aids is a series of air route traffic control, operated throughout the world.

Most of the traffic control uses a radar screen to make sure all the planes in its vicinity are flying in their assigned airways.

Airliners carry a special type of radar receiver and transmitter called a transponder.

It receives a radar signal from control center and immediately bounces it back.

When the signal got to the ground, it makes the plane show up on the radar screen.

There are various navigational aid equipment and system which you will study further in details during pilot training modules.

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Aircraft Instruments

One of the most intimidating parts of learning to fly for student
pilots is the Flight Instruments Panel.

In order to learn to pilot an aircraft safely, the student pilot
must learn, in depth, the functionality of each and every gauge,
button and switch on the flight instruments panel for his aircraft.
From the altimeter to the OAT gauge, every instrument is
important in piloting your aircraft safely and accurately.

Understanding how each flight instrument works, and what to
do in the event of a malfunction will further your ability to fly
with confidence. Its not only important to understand that your
airspeed indicator only shows your true airspeed, not your
ground speed, but you should also know that an airspeed
indicator also uses both the pilot tube, as well as the static
system.


To say, you must be aware what an instrument does as well as
how it does.


With advancement in aviation, flying is done in reference to
instruments itself.

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