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Course Description
This exercise is the culmination of the knowledge obtained in T&E 4202 and T&E 4202a. The student will demonstrate the correct Flight Test Techniques for evaluating Communication and Navigation Systems by preparing flight test cards and conducting airborne flight evaluations based on tasking provided by the instructor. The student will be responsible for organizing the flight brief, evaluating Test Hazard Analysis, conducting the mission, collecting and analyzing flight data and pilot comments and conducting the de-brief. The student will be responsible for preparing an oral report highlighting the results of his/her findings. Students will be assigned three tasks during this module, requiring three evaluation flights. The first flight will task the student to determine the speech intelligibility of an A/C radio system by using a modified Rhyme Test. The two subsequent tasks will be designed by the instructor and will entail either a Doppler Navigation System, an Inertial Navigation System, Radio Aids to navigation or a GPS evaluation. The Communications evaluation will require .6 hours of flight test time and the two remaining tasks will require two flights of 1.5 hours per flight. These flights and subsequent reports will gauge the student’s comprehension of the instruction received in the previous modules. This exercise is available during the week after the T&E 4202 course to provide maximum training benefit.
Pre-requisites
T&E 4202, T&E 4202a
Texts and Reference Materials
T&E 4202 Course Notes and reference material
Anticipated Learning Objectives
Ability to conduct an in-flight Communications or Navigation Evaluation
Sequence of Instruction
Flight Plan and Test Card Preparation
Test Hazard Analysis
Flight Brief
Conduct of flight, including data collection
Debrief
Analysis
Oral Report
Instructional Methodology
Hands-on operation and conduct of the test
Process of Evaluation
Instructor critiques and grading of each phase of the exercise
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