This book is dedicated to the memory of four close friends: Robert O'Brien, Dr. Henri Ouellet, Dr. Edmund Hahn and Roxy Labourne. All passed away well before their time, but during their lives contributed immeasurably to the management of wildlife-associated risk in the aviation industry.

Bruce MacKinnon
March 2004

• Introduction
• Accessing the information you need

Objective

To facilitate the student learning:

• to retrieve and arm an approach procedure from the GPS database
• to execute an approach using GPS

Motivation

Within 20 years all IFR terminal navigation will likely be conducted using GPS as the primary navigation aid. Pilots wishing to fly in this environment will have to have a thorough understanding of the system, its limitations and use.

Essential Background Knowledge

Objective

To facilitate the student learning:

• post flight "GPS Problem Report" preparation and handling

Motivation

As GPS is new technology, it is important that pilots using the system report any difficulties or anomalies so that others can benefit and corrective action can be taken.

Essential Background Knowledge

Review AIP Aviation Notice dated July 18, 1996.

Advice to Instructors

• Appendix A — Bird Strike Committee Information

While Canada’s aviation system is one of the safest in the world, Transport Canada continues to look for innovative ways to achieve an even greater level of safety. In recent years, the department has devoted a great deal of effort to understanding how aviation accidents happen.

Credit for this book belongs to the following people, without whose generous assistance Sharing the Skies would never have been completed: