Navigation is knowing your position. Only if you correctly visualize your position in relation to the navigation aids and the airfield, you are able to navigate the aircraft accurately. Seeing insted of calculating is Wilhelm Thaller`s success formula hitting the quintessence of navigation. In easely understandable terms the author manages to explain the plethora of information revealed by navigation instruments, information often ingored otherwise. what are the best flying abilities of a pilot worth if he/she is taken over by loss of orientation- Index: INTRODUCTION 1 STATIONS - VOR BASICS -ILS BASICS -NDB-ADF BASICS 2 TYPES OF INDICATING -COMMAND INSTRUMENT -NON COMMAND INSTRUMENT 3 INDICATOR -INTERPRETATION ON THE STANDARD-VOR -DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STANDARD - VOR AND HSI -ORIENTATION ON THE STANDARD-VOR I-NTERPRETATION OF THE HEADING ON THE STANDARD-VOR -HSI - VOR INTERPRETATION -HSI - ILS INTERPRETATION -STANDARD - ILS INTERPRETATION 4 SAMPLES FOR ILS -FRONT BEAM - FRONT COURSE TRIEST -FRONT BEAM - FRONT COURSE INNSBRUCK -BACK BEAM - FRONT COURSE INNSBRUCK -FRONT BEAM - BACK COURSE CHAMBERY -BACK BEAM - BACK COURSE OSTRAVA 5 INTERPRETATIONS OF RMI AND ADF -ADF & RMI - INTERPRETATION -RELATIVE BEARING INDICATOR -DME-ARC WITH RMI -DME-ARC WITH STANDARD-VOR 6 INTERCEPTIONS RMI- AND HSI-INTERCEPTIONS QDM - INTERCEPTIONS INBOUND TO THE STATION QDR - INTERCEPTIONS FROM THE STATION 7 WIND WINDCOMPONENTS GONIOMETRIC FUNCTIONS WINDCOMPONENTS WINDEFFECT ON ADF - RMI WINDEFFECT ON HSI WINDEFFECT ON STANDARD-VOR DIRECTIONAL GYRO 8 HOLDING HOLDING PROCEDURES HOLDING SPEEDS HOLDING ENTRIES HOLDING POSITION AND ENTRIES HOLDING ENTRY SECTORS HOLDING DIRECT ENTRY HOLDING PARALLEL ENTRY HOLDING TEARDROP ENTRY HOLDING ENTRY EXAMPLES 9 ORIENTATION DETERMING POSITION WITH ADF GAINESVILLE DETERMINING POSITION WITH ADF Salzburg DETERMINING POSITION WITH RMI & ADF Bergamo DETERMING POSITION WITH RMI VERO BEACH ORIENTATION WITH 2 NEEDLES 10 EXERCISES HSI EXERCISES FOR POSITION STANDARD-VOR EXERCISES FOR POSITION ADF POSITION QDM EXERCISES - INBOUND TO THE STATION QDR EXERCISES - OUTBOUND FROM THE STATION QDR - AFTER PASSING STATION WIND EXERCISES HOLDING EXERCISES WITH HSI HOLDING EXERCISES WITH DG EXERCISES ORIENTATION CHART ADF - RMI STD. VOR INTERCEPT HEADING