1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended reading
CAA, Regulations, Orders, etc. with amendments
CAA, ATPL student information Handbook
CAA, Boeing 727 Performance and operating Handbook
(Abbreviated)
~hom. T. A?PL Flight Planning Vol. 2 Aviation Theory Centre,
1995
MF220 Navigation and Meteorology 2
7 credit points 3 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Aviation)
Objectives
This subject is designed to provide students with an
extensive understanding of the purpose, operation and
limitations of some navigation methods and systems; and an
ability to take into account the importance of the dynamic
atmosphere to flight operations up to Airline Transport
Pilot Licence standard.
Content
Navigation - to ATPL;
air navigation, air navigation instruments;
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meteorology to ATPL;
8 physical basis of meteorology, observations and
0 measurement of meteorological elements, climatology,
S high altitude meteorology and forecasting.
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Recommended reading
CAA. Aeronautical Information Publication. Civil Aviation
Authority
CAA. Civil Aviation Orders. Civil Aviation Authority
Dept. of Science and Technology (Bureau of Meteorology).
Manual of Meteorology Parts 1 and 2. Australian Government
Publishing Service, 1975/1981
Janes. lanes Avionics. 11th edn, London, Janes, 1992-93
Technical Extension Services. (24-055) Air Navigation and Flight
Planning 1. Perth, Technical Publications Trust, 1986
Technical Extension Services. (24-231) Air Navigation and Flight
Planning 2. Perth, Technical Publications Trust, 1986
Technical Extension Services. (24-426) Radio Navigation Aids.
Perth, Technical Publications Trust, 1986
Thorn, T. PPL Navigation Vols. 1 and 2. Williamstown, Aviation
Theory Centre, 1985
MF231 Aircraft General Knowledge 2
5 credit ponts 3 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Aviation)
Objectives
This subject is designed to reinforce and increase a student's
basic understanding of the aeronautical and aerodynamic
factors influencing aircraft performance up to Airline
Transport Licence standard.
Content
Aircraft general knowledge to ATPL;
engines and engine systems, Gas Turbine, aircraft engine
operation and control;
activating systems, airframe systems, electrical systems,
flight instrumentation, warning and recording systems;
aerodynamics to ATPL;
design features, characteristics of airflow, the operation
of controls, asymmetric flight.
Recommended reading
Aircraft general knowledge
FAA. AC-65-12A Power Plant Handbook. Aviation Maintenance
Foundation Theory Centre, 1985
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Powqlants. 6th edn, New York,
Glencoe Division, Macrnillan/McGraw-Hill, 1990
Kroes, M.J. et al. Aircraft Basic Science. 6th edn, New York,
Glencoe, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1989
Pallea, E.H.J. Aircraft Instruments Principles and Applications.
2nd edn, Harlow, Essex, Longrnan Scientific and Technical, 1981
Peters, D. Basic Functional Devices and Systems. Canberra, AGPS,
1989
Department of Transport and Communications. Aircraft
Maintenance Text 4
Aerodynamics
Andenon, J.D. Inhoducria to flight New York, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Campbell, R.D. The Multi Engine Rating Instructor Manual.
Granada, AOPA
Hun, H.H. Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators. Renton, Wash.,
Aviation Suppies and Academics, 1992
Shevell, R.S. Fundamentals of Flight. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, 1989
MF241 Theoretical Aerodynamics
li credit points 0 2 hours per week (2 sems) Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Aviation)
Objectives
This subject is designed to develop an understanding by the
student of the basic aerodynamic factors influencing the
flight of an aircraft and to relate these to observed effects.
Content
Fluid properties, the standard atmosphere, ideal fluid flow,
boundary layers, aerofoils, wings, force and moment
coefficients, steady flight, aircraft performance, static
stability.
Recommended reading
Anderson, J.D. Introduction to Right. New York, McGraw-Hill,
1989
Houghton, E.L. and Carruthers, N.B. Aerodynamics for
Engineering Students. 3rd edn, London, Arnold, 1982
Clancy, L.J. Aerodynamics. Harlow, Longman, 1991
Shevell, R. S. Fundamentals offlight. 2nd edn, Prenrice Hall, 1989