AOPA Radio Navigation - Training Programme  
 

AOPA Radio Navigation course is designed to encourage pilots who hold either a JAR PPL or UK NPPL to obtain formal training in radio navigation procedures for use under Visual Flight Rules in accordance with the privileges of their licences.

The training assumes that the candidate has read the Pre-Course Study Material and has a basic understanding of that material.

For holders of a JAR PPL issued by the UK CAA, the course of training can be taken as a progressive step towards obtaining a UK IMC Rating. To this end a JAR PPL holder who has qualified for the AOPA Radio Navigation Certificate may be exempt from up to 5 hours instrument training at the Applied Stage of the IMC course (without time limit).

A candidate wishing to obtain this certificate can commence the course at any time after qualifying for a JAR PPL / UK NPPL and a Flight Radio Telephony Operator's Licence. There are no minimum pre-entry hour or calendar time requirements, nor is there a calendar time requirement to complete the course of training.

The training is conducted at On-Track Aviation at Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome near Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Training can be conducted at your own flying club - please contact On-Track Aviation for details.

Course and examination Prices


Day 1

0900-1100 
1100-1110
1110-1210 
1210-1310 
1310-1410
1410-1420 
1420-1620
Basic Radio
Morse Code
Coffee Break 
Flight Planning
Lunch Break
UK AIP
Coffee Break 
Radar
Primary and Secondary

Day 2

0900-1100 
1100-1110
1110-1210 
1210-1310 
1310-1410
1410-1420 
1420-1620
NDB / ADF
Coffee Break 
VOR
DME
Lunch Break
VDF
Coffee Break 
GPS

Pre-Course Study Material

VOR, ADF and RMI by Martin Cass
AFE The PPL Course Book 3 by Jeremy M Pratt
Air Pilots Manual Book 5 by Trevor Thom
Ground Studies for Pilots Volume 1 by R B Underdown
The Airline Pilots Guide to Satellite Positioning Systems by Walter Blanchard
AICs and Safety Sense Leaflets (see AIC and GASSL)