Global Navigation for Pilots

Revised Second Edition

This is a book about long-distance navigation. Its emphasis is world-wide navigation for professional pilots, but it is also an excellent reference for any long-distance flight planning.

Cross-Atlantic and cross-Pacific intercontinental flight planning, navigation methods, and technologies are explained. Many detailed explanations of flight planning, long-distance sat-nav, and flight in foreign airspace are also explained. Just look at what's contained in this book:

Table of Contents:

1. International Regulations
2. Earth Reference Systems
3. Maps & Charts
4. Basic Navigation Instruments
5. Basic Navigation Techniques
6. International Trip Planning & Preparation
7. Trans-oceanic & Trans-wilderness Planning
8. International Flight Operations
9. International Weather
10. Inertial Navigation
11. GPS & Differential GPS
12. Loran-C
13. Future Air Navigation (FANS), collision avoidance
14. Flight Management Systems
15. Time
16. Navigation System Errors
17. Celestial Concepts