Electronic Navigation SC

Localizer and Marker Beacons How does a Localizer work? A localizer is just like a VOR, however instead of different radials, it is simply transmitting one long straight line and telling whether you are left or right of that line.  It DOES NOT matter what the OBS knob is set to when you have a… Continue reading Electronic Navigation SC

Electronic Navigation

Localizer and Marker Beacons How does a Localizer work? A localizer is just like a VOR, however instead of different radials, it is simply transmitting one long straight line and telling whether you are left or right of that line.  It DOES NOT matter what the OBS knob is set to when you have a… Continue reading Electronic Navigation

VOR Navigation Made Easy

Fly me TO the moon! Ya, well, there isn’t a VOR station on the moon so we can’t actually use a VOR to get to the moon.  You can only use a VOR to navigate directly TO or FROM wherever the station on the ground is located (often at or near an airport).  Before we… Continue reading VOR Navigation Made Easy