AVIA 402 Advanced Avionics and Flight Management Interfaces

The overall goal of this course is to “bridge the gap” between traditional navigation and advanced avionics. Both areas of knowledge are essential for today’s pilot. This course is designed to help the pilot gain a thorough understanding of the usage and limitations of advanced avionics suites, moving maps, inertial reference systems, GPS systems, terrain avoidance, collision avoidance, safety innovations, and their overall integration into the modern flight deck along with their multi-function equipment and displays for improved situational awareness, decision making and enhanced safety margins.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will submit a 2 – 3-minute video presentation introducing themselves to their fellow classmates. Specific elements described in the assignment are to be included. This will be a graded assignment and you must reply to at least two other classmate introductions as well. The replies must be 100 words minimum per reply.

Discussions (6)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide the required work in the prompt for each discussion. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each thread must be at least 250 words. Each reply must be at least 200 words. (CLO: A, B)

Flight Management and Auto-Flight Systems Assignment

The student will examine the history and evolution of Flight Management Systems, and Auto-Flight Systems, as well as their overall integration with the flight director system.  Students will learn what Flight Management and Auto-Flight Systems do and how they can enhance both safety and economics of the operation, as well as inherent risks and threats to safe operations. The assignment must be a minimum of 700 words (not including the title page and reference pages).

Quizzes (7)

Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned Modules: Weeks. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain  25 multiple-choice, true/false questions, and have an 1-hour-30-minute time limit. (CLO: A, D, E)

This quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned module: week. This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 50 multiple-choice, true/false questions, and will have a 2-hour time limit.

This will be a final comprehensive quiz of the materials that emulates a FAA type examination. This final comprehensive quiz will cover the Learn material for all assigned Modules: Weeks. The final comprehensive quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 essay questions, and have a 2-hour time limit. (CLO: A, D, E)