Air Navigation for Pilots, Air Force Manual AFM 51-43

Published by Department of the Air Force, Washington D.C., 1952

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TABLE OF CONTENTS - CHAPTER l - EARTH'S SURFACE AND MAPPING - Position, Direction, and Distance - Maps and Charts - Aeronautical Chart Interpretation - CHAPTER 2 - DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION - Plotting and Measuring - The Computer Slide Rule - The Magnetic Compass and Heading - Altitude and the Altimeter - Air Speed and the Air-Speed Indicator - Drift - Basic Navigational Problems - Precision Dead-Reckoning Procedure - Log Procedures - CHAPTER 3 - AIDS TO DEAD RECKONING - Map Reading in Basic DR - Map Reading in Precision DR - Wind Pilotage - The Drift Meter - Low-Altitude Navigation - High Altitude Navigation - Lines of Position, Bearings, and Fixes - The Radio Compass - Federal Aids to Navigation - CHAPTER 4 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN NAVIGATION - Controlled Time of Arrival - Search - Interception - CHAPTER 5 - ADVANCED NAVIGATIONAL TECHNIQUES - Celestial Navigation - Radar Navigation - Loran - Pressure Pattern Flying - Polar Navigation - CHAPTER 6 - ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS AND INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION - True-Air-Speed Indicator - Maximum Allowable Air-Speed Indicator - The Gyro Fluxgate Compass - Gyrosyn Compass - The Air Position Indicator - The Absolute Altimeter - Instrument Calibration 224 p. many illustrations, some in color very good condition, not a single personal note or marking Original US Air Force Folder, large format.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Air Navigation for Pilots, Air Force Manual AFM 51-43
• Publisher: Department of the Air Force, Washington D.C.
• Publication Date: 1952