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Questions about aircraft navigation systems using radio signals, such as VOR and NDB.

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Why are the VHF and UHF airbands directly adjacent to frequency bands used by vital radionav...

Of the three main frequency ranges used by aircraft for radio communications (HF, VHF, and UHF), two (VHF and UHF) have their aircraft-radio-communications frequencies clumped together into a contiguo …
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Why would an ILS installation need a “reflecting surface” around the glideslope antenna?

According to the NTSB, the installation of a glideslope serving runway 11 at KHTS (Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia) was delayed for over twelve years by the lack of suitable terrain for t …
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