Pilot Training & Certification Centre
Air Transport Pilot's License (ATPL) Theory Course / FAA ATP Theory Course

The ATPL Theory Course is to prepare you for the ATPL theory examination which is one of the requirements for the issue of a commercial pilot's licence.

Course Fee: SGD $8,000 excluding GST
Course Duration: 30 lessons (part-time evening) or 10 Days (full-time)
Entry Requirements: Minimum 5 GCE O level credits including English, Mathematics and Science.
Diploma or Degree holders should also have the abovementioned qualifications.

Course Contents:

Navigation

1. The Triangle of Velocities
2. The Computer Slide Rule
3. The One in Sixty Rule
4. Relative Velocity
5. Form of the Earth
6. Properties of a Chart
7. The Mercator Projection
8. The Transverse Mercator
9. The Oblique Mercator
10. The Lambert Projection
11. The Polar Stereographic Projection
12. Grid Navigation
13. Topographical Charts
14. The Solar System & Time
15. Navigation Plotting (Practical)

Flight Planning

1. Airways Flying
2. Aerodrome Manuals
3. Use of the ATC Flight Plan Form
4. Fuel Efficiency Calculations
5. Weight & Payload Problems
6. Mean Wind Components
7. Data Sheet Thirty Four
8. Critical Point
9. Point of No Return
10. The Howgozit
11. Computer Flight Planning
12. Extended Range Twin Operations

Instruments

Air Data Instruments

1. Pilot & Static Sources
2. Air Temperature Sources
3. Angle of Attack Sources
4. Pressure Altimeters
5. Vertical Speed Indicators
6. Machmeters
7. Mach/ Airspeed Indicators
8. The Central Air Data Computer

Gyroscopic Instruments

1. Gyroscopic Principles
2. The Directional Gyro Indicator
3. The Slaved Gryo Compass
4. The Artificial Horizon
5. The Remote Vertical Gyro
6. Turn & Balance Indicators

Inertial Navigation

1. Inertial Navigation Systems
2. Inertial Data Processing & Presentation

Magnetism & Compasses

1. Terrestrial Magnetism
2. Direct Reading Compasses
3. Aircraft Magnetism
4. The Compass Swing

Flight Information Displays

1. Flight Directors & Electronic
2. Flight Information Systems

Radio & Radar Aids

Radio Theory

1. Electricity
2. Radio Wave Emission
3. Modulation Techniques
4. The Dopples Principles

Radio Aids

1. Communications Systems
2. Data Link Systems & Satcom
3. Ground Direction Finding Stations
4. Automatic Direction Finding
5. VOR
6. The Radio Magnetic Indicator
7. The Instrument Landing System
8. The Microwave Landing System
9. Hyperbolic Navigation Systems
10. Satellite Navigation Systems
11. Ground Proximity Warning Systems
12. The Radio Altimeter

Radar Theory

1. Pulsed Radar Principles
2. The Cathode Ray Tube

Radar Aids

1. Ground Based Radar
2. Airborne Weather Radar
3. Distant Measuring Equipment
4. VOR/DME Area Navigation
5. Secondary Surveillance Radar
6. Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems

Meteorology

Meteorology Theory

1. The Atmosphere
2. Stability
3. Winds
4. Standing Waves
5. Thermal Winds & Jets Streams
6. Cloud & Precipitation
7. Thunderstorms
8. Windshear
9. Icing
10. Visibility
11. Air Mass Theory
12. Depressions & Fronts
13. Anticyclones

Meteorology Practical

1. The Meteorological Organization
2. Meteorological Observations
3. The Synoptic Chart
4. Significant Weather and Spot Wind Charts
5. Upper Air Charts - Europe
6. Upper Air Charts - North Atlantic
7. Altimeter Related Problems

Climatology

1. World Climatology
2. The North Atlantic
3. North West Europe
4. The Mediterranean
5. The Gulf
6. Monsoons
7. The Indian Sub-Continent
8. The Far East
9. Australasia
10. East Africa
11. West Africa
12. The Tropical Atlantic
13. South America
14. The Pacific Ocean
15. Tropical Revolving Storms

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