If you google VYL eventually you will find the 1973 United States Hydrographic Office publication Radio Navigational Aids (Atlantic and M...

"In general, the FAA chooses names that are noncontroversial," said FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown. I think that's a good policy ...

NADIN is an acronym that stands for National Airspace Data Interchange Network. It was used by the airlines to input flight plans into the...

In several previous posts about radio navigation I've mentioned beacons, and that airplanes use them as points of reference. In one ...

In 1935, the British began developing GEE. It was developed by Robert Watson-Watt at the Air Ministry and introduced by the Royal Air For...

Your vocabulary word for the day is " Multilateration ." Rather than mangle the defintion I am taking it directly from Wikipedia ...

"CAUTION! NOT TO BE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE OF ENLISTED MEN!" It sounded subversive, a peek behind a curtain of some kind. So I ferr...

A Flight Service Station ( FSS ) is air traffic radio station that provides pilot information regarding g weather and possible hazards along...

A radio beacon is non-directional transmitter that usually transmits a constant signal on a licensed radio frequency. Before the days of VO...