From 7c9ce462d967a1fd9b80d1fe6d6532a522222410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Scheuner Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:36:05 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] docs: RNAV introduction --- docs/subjects/061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md | 3 +++ docs/subjects/062-rnav/dme/index.md | 3 +++ docs/subjects/062-rnav/ils/index.md | 3 +++ docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md | 13 ++++++++++++- docs/subjects/062-rnav/ndb/index.md | 3 +++ docs/subjects/062-rnav/radio-waves/index.md | 3 +++ docs/subjects/062-rnav/vor/index.md | 3 +++ 7 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/subjects/061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md create mode 100644 docs/subjects/062-rnav/dme/index.md create mode 100644 docs/subjects/062-rnav/ils/index.md create mode 100644 docs/subjects/062-rnav/ndb/index.md create mode 100644 docs/subjects/062-rnav/radio-waves/index.md create mode 100644 docs/subjects/062-rnav/vor/index.md diff --git a/docs/subjects/061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md b/docs/subjects/061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7c0abd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/subjects/061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# Dead Reckoning + +_TODO_ diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/dme/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/dme/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06276ec --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/dme/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# DME - Distance Measuring Equipment + +_TODO_ diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/ils/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/ils/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5db0fcf --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/ils/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# ILS - Instrument Landing System + +_TODO_ diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md index 0e001d6..76464bd 100644 --- a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md @@ -4,4 +4,15 @@ icon: lucide/radio-tower # Radio Navigation -_TODO_ +In radio navigation, we're learning [what radio waves are] and how they are being used to guide pilots in the air. + +For over 100 years now, we are using radio navigation aids in aviation to find our way through the sky. Before that, the only means to navigate were following visual landmarks, using [dead reckoning] or celestial navigation. Whilst most aircraft still found their way from A to B this way, these kinds of navigation are not as precise as well as dependant on the weather conditions. The need for navigation systems that are not subject to these disadvantages soon became necessary. + +What first started with simple radio beacons, which were used to home back to the airfield (predecessors of the [NDB], which is still in use today), soon brought up more complex systems like the [VOR], [DME] and [ILS] that help us fly precisely both high up in the sky as well as close to the ground every single day. + +[what radio waves are]: ./radio-waves/index.md +[dead reckoning]: ../061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md +[NDB]: ./ndb/index.md +[VOR]: ./vor/index.md +[DME]: ./dme/index.md +[ILS]: ./ils/index.md diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/ndb/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/ndb/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba24759 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/ndb/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# NDB - Non-Directional Beacon + +_TODO_ diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/radio-waves/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/radio-waves/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e1c35a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/radio-waves/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# What is a radio wave? + +_TODO_ diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/vor/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/vor/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6467bf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/vor/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# VOR - VHF Omnidirectional Range + +_TODO_ From 78aa392f03375436e9582cb981a9f6b15bddd879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Scheuner Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:55:08 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] refactor: line breaks --- docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md index 76464bd..6131235 100644 --- a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md @@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ icon: lucide/radio-tower In radio navigation, we're learning [what radio waves are] and how they are being used to guide pilots in the air. -For over 100 years now, we are using radio navigation aids in aviation to find our way through the sky. Before that, the only means to navigate were following visual landmarks, using [dead reckoning] or celestial navigation. Whilst most aircraft still found their way from A to B this way, these kinds of navigation are not as precise as well as dependant on the weather conditions. The need for navigation systems that are not subject to these disadvantages soon became necessary. +For over 100 years now, we are using radio navigation aids in aviation to find our way through the sky. Before that, the only means +to navigate were following visual landmarks, using [dead reckoning] or celestial navigation. Whilst most aircraft still found their +way from A to B this way, these kinds of navigation are not as precise as well as dependant on the weather conditions. The need for +navigation systems that are not subject to these disadvantages soon became necessary. -What first started with simple radio beacons, which were used to home back to the airfield (predecessors of the [NDB], which is still in use today), soon brought up more complex systems like the [VOR], [DME] and [ILS] that help us fly precisely both high up in the sky as well as close to the ground every single day. +What first started with simple radio beacons, which were used to home back to the airfield (predecessors of the [NDB], which is still +in use today), soon brought up more complex systems like the [VOR], [DME] and [ILS] that help us fly precisely both high up in the sky +as well as close to the ground every single day. [what radio waves are]: ./radio-waves/index.md [dead reckoning]: ../061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md From 28643d1f600f12f619842bf445f91187551dfe38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Scheuner Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:58:37 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] refactor: different line breaks --- docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md index 6131235..2c414ae 100644 --- a/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md +++ b/docs/subjects/062-rnav/index.md @@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ icon: lucide/radio-tower In radio navigation, we're learning [what radio waves are] and how they are being used to guide pilots in the air. -For over 100 years now, we are using radio navigation aids in aviation to find our way through the sky. Before that, the only means -to navigate were following visual landmarks, using [dead reckoning] or celestial navigation. Whilst most aircraft still found their -way from A to B this way, these kinds of navigation are not as precise as well as dependant on the weather conditions. The need for -navigation systems that are not subject to these disadvantages soon became necessary. +For over 100 years now, we are using radio navigation aids in aviation to find our way through the sky. Before that, +the only means to navigate were following visual landmarks, using [dead reckoning] or celestial navigation. Whilst +most aircraft still found their way from A to B this way, these kinds of navigation are not as precise as well as +dependant on the weather conditions. The need for navigation systems that are not subject to these disadvantages +soon became necessary. -What first started with simple radio beacons, which were used to home back to the airfield (predecessors of the [NDB], which is still -in use today), soon brought up more complex systems like the [VOR], [DME] and [ILS] that help us fly precisely both high up in the sky -as well as close to the ground every single day. +What first started with simple radio beacons, which were used to home back to the airfield (predecessors of the +[NDB], which is still in use today), soon brought up more complex systems like the [VOR], [DME] and [ILS] that +help us fly precisely both high up in the sky as well as close to the ground every single day. [what radio waves are]: ./radio-waves/index.md [dead reckoning]: ../061-gnav/dead-reckoning/index.md