Although GPS receivers are complex computers capable of many functions, this instructors guide is designed for teaching the student only those functions necessary to enable him/her to depart from point A, navigate to point B, hold at point B, carry out an approach, overshoot and go to the alternate under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). The guide is designed for GPS receivers that have been certified for IFR operations in accordance with Technical Standard Order (TSO) C-129.

Objective

To facilitate the student learning:

• to navigate from the point of departure to the destination using GPS

Motivation

The introduction of GPS has revolutionized how pilots navigate enroute. It is essential that pilots acquire and maintain a high standard of operating skill for this phase of flight.

Essential Background Knowledge

Explain the functions of the navigation (NAV) mode of the GPS receiver

Test report - Study of PAPI Frost/Dew

Objective

To facilitate the student learning:

• to recognize a system malfunction
• to take appropriate action in the event of a system malfunction

Motivation

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.

• Appendix A — Bird Strike Committee Information

Much has changed in the world since the first edition of Sharing the Skies became available. In particular, the events of September 2001 had a profound impact on airports in virtually every nation. From a wildlife-management perspective, these impacts constitute fresh hazards—not of aircraft strikes against birds or mammals, but of airport owners and operators whose broader safety concerns may be eclipsed by terrorism-related security issues.

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

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