Organisation : Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Announcement : Syllabus
Name Of The Exam : Commercial Pilot License Exam

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Commercial Pilot License Exam Syllabus :
1. Air Navigation :
a) Basics of Navigation :
i. The solar system : seasonal and apparent movements of the sun
ii. The earth : great circle, small circle, rhumb line - convergency, conversion angle - latitude, difference of latitude - longitude, difference of longitude - use of latitude and longitude co-ordinates to locate any specific position

iii. Time and time conversions : apparent time - UTC - LMT - standard times - international dateline
iv. Directions - terrestrial magnetism : declination, deviation and compass variations - magnetic poles, isogonals, relationship between true and magnetic

v. Distance - units of distance and height used in navigation : nautical miles, statute miles, kilometers, metres, yards and feet - conversion from one unit to another - relationship between nautical miles and minutes of latitude

b) Magnetism and Compasses :
i. General principles : terrestrial magnetism - resolution of the earth’s total magnetic force into vertical and horizontal components - the effects of change of latitude on these components - directive force - magnetic dip - variation
ii. Aircraft magnetism : hard iron and vertical soft iron - the resulting magnetic fields - the variation in directive force

iii. Change of deviation with change of latitude and with change in aircraft’s heading - turning and acceleration errors- keeping magnetic materials clear of the compass - knowledge of the principles, standby and landing or main compasses and remote reading compasses - detailed knowledge of the use of these compasses - serviceability tests - advantages and disadvantages of the remote indicating compasses - adjustment and compensation of direct reading magnetic compass

c) Charts :
i. General properties of miscellaneous type of projections - Mercator - Lambert conformal conic - Polar stereographic - Transverse mercator - Oblique mercator
ii. The representation of meridians, parallels, great circles and rhumb lines - direct Mercator - Lambert conformal conic - Polar Stereographic
iii. The use of current aeronautical charts - plotting positions - methods of indicating scale and relief - conventional signs - measuring tracks and distances - plotting bearings

d) Dead Reckoning Navigation (DR) :
i. Basics of dead reckoning - track - heading (compass, magnetic, true, grid) - wind velocity - airspeed (IAS, CAS, TAS, Mach number) - ground speed - ETA - drift, wind correction angle - DR-position, fix
ii. Use of the navigational computer - speed - time - distance - fuel consumption - conversions - heading - airspeed - wind velocity

iii. The triangle of velocities, methods of solution for the determination of - heading - ground speed - wind velocity - track and drift angle, track error - time and distance problems

iv. Determination of DR position - need for DR - confirmation of flight progress (mental DR) - lost procedures - heading and TAS vector since last confirmed position - application of wind velocity vector - last known track and ground speed vector - assessment of accuracy of DR position

v. Measurement of DR elements - calculation of altitude, adjustments, corrections, errors - determination of temperature - determination of appropriate speed - determination of mach number