Department of the Air Force and the Navy. AFM 51-40. Air Navigation. Flying Training

NAVAIR-00-80V-49. Air Training Command, Randolph AFB, 1973. - 453 p.This manual provides information on all phases of air navigation for navigators and student navigators in training. It develops the art of navigation from the simplest concepts to the most advanced procedures and techniques. The text contains explanations on how to measure, map, and chart the earth; how to use basic instruments to obtain measurements of direction, altitude, temperature, and speed; and how to solve basic navigation problems by dead reckoning and map reading. Special techniques used to navigate by radio, radar, and Loran; by using celestial concepts and procedures; and in polar areas are covered. There is information on flight publications, weather services, mission planning, inflight procedures, and low level navigation. The final chapters cover automatic navigation systems and aerial delivery. (Extensive diagrams, illustrations and photographs are included together with attachments on symbol definitidns and term explanations).Introduction.
Earth and Its Coordinates.
Maps and Charts.
Basic Instruments.
Dead Reckoning.
Lines of Position, Bearings, and Fixes.
Map Reading.
Practical Application of DR and Map Reading.
Radio.
Radar.
Celestial Concepts.
Time.
Computing Altitude and True Azimuth.
Plotting and Interpreting Celestial LOPs.
Sextants and Errors of Observation.
Special Celestial Techniques.
Celestial Precomputation.
Star Identification.
Grid Navigation.
Pressure Differential Techniques.
Loran.
Flight Information Publications and Air Traffic Control.
Weather Station Services.
Mission Planning.
Inflight Procedures.
Low Level Navigation.
Automatic Navigation Systems.
Aerial Delivery.
Attachment.
Symbols.
Abbreviations.
Explanation of Terms.
Index.