Captessar Aviation offers ground classes for DGCA ATPL and Airlines entrance examinations as per DGCA prescribed syllabus. Radio Aids and Instrumentation is the second ATPL paper required for both ATPL-G and ATPL-CG.Radio Aids covers Basic Radio, Navigation Aids, Landing Aids, Primary and Secondary Radars, Area Navigation, and Global positioning system etc. Second topic is Instrumentation which covers Pressure Instruments, Gyro Instruments, Magnetism, Flight Management System (FMS), Auto Flight systems, Traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) and Recording equipment.

Duration of Radio Aids and Instrumentation at Captessar Aviation is normally 12 days. Captessar Aviation use video classes, Computer based training, mock tests, and mock interviews to enable students to advance their knowledge and perform well in both DGCA ATPL and Airlines entrance exams.

Section 1: Radio Aids

1. Radio
2. Basic principles
3. Antennas
4. Wave propagation
5. Ground D/F
6. ADF/NDB
7. VOR and Doppler VOR
8. ILS
9. DME

1. Basic radar principles
2. Ground Radar
3. Airborne weather radar
4. secondary surveillance radar
5. Area Navigation System
6. Inertial Navigation/Reference System
7. GPS/GLONASS

Section 2: Instrumentation

1. Pressure Instruments
2. ASI
3. VSI
4. Altimeter
5. Mach meter

2. Gyroscopic instruments
3. Basic properties
4. DGI
5. Artificial horizon
6. TSI
7. Slaved gyro compass

3. Magnetic Compass
4. Radio Altimeter

Section 3: Automatic Flight Control Systems

1. Autopilot
2. Flight director

Section 4: Warning and Recording Equipment

1. Altitude Alert System
2. Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS)
3. Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
4. Over-speed Warning
5. Flight Data Recorder (FDR)
6. Cockpit Voice Recorder

Section 5: Power Plant and System Monitoring Instruments

1. Pressure Gauge
2. Temperature Gauge
3. RPM Indicator
4. Consumption Gauge
5. Fuel Gauge
6. Torque Meter
7. Flight Hour Meter
8. Vibration Monitoring

Electronic Displays