Aircraft Radio Systems

Finishing Topics Electrical and Avionics

Aircraft Radio Systems
By Neal Powell
255 pages $26.95

A very in-depth book covering traditional radio and navigation systems. Complete coverage on each device including how it works, installation procedures, and operations, antenna requirements, and maintenance and testing as applicable.
(This book does an exceptional job with traditional certificated avionics. However, as it was written in 1981, it predates and therefore does not cover GPS)

Table of Contents

Historical Technical and Legal Context 1

Communications Systems 20

Automatic Direction Finding (ADF) 45

VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) 58

Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) 69

Hyperbolic Navigation Systems (LORAN) 101

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) 105

Transponders 121

Weather Avoidance Radar 139

Doppler Navigation 172

Radio Altimeter 189

Area Navigation (RNAV) 202

Future Developments 216

GPS, microwave landing systems, collision avoidance, etc...