Jepson Chart Reading and Application: Civil Aviation Flight University of China

Author: Gong Qionglan
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book primarily includes content such as chart categories, instrument approaches, segment division, en-route and terminal charts, profile charts, airport charts, high and low-altitude airway charts, communication and area charts, departure charts, and standard terminal approach charts. When compiling this book, the needs of readers were taken into consideration, with a focus on practicality, and new chart data has been added, such as updated approach charts and airport formats, along with illustrative examples and explanations of project content. Additionally, the book includes practical training charts and a glossary of abbreviations for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands), Ottawa Airport (Canada), and Paris Orly Airport (France). The book "Jeppesen Chart Reading and Application" is divided into 10 units. Each unit includes: vocabulary and terminology, text, sentence comprehension, reading comprehension exercises, and chart recognition. In the vocabulary and terminology section, the meaning of words and terms is introduced to help readers overcome learning obstacles. The second part, the text, introduces chart knowledge, identification content, and usage principles. The third part provides annotations for more challenging sentences in the text to assist readers in understanding them. The fourth part offers comprehension exercises based on the text content. The book includes answers to all exercises for reference. The fifth part provides charts based on the text content to help readers gain a deeper, more concrete understanding of chart information, aiming for proficiency and practical application. This book can be used as reading material for professionals in flight technology, air traffic control, dispatching, and meteorology, as well as aviation chart enthusiasts, to improve English comprehension skills. It can also serve as a teaching textbook for classroom instruction, with exercises on reading comprehension and focused practice on English listening and speaking to cultivate communication skills in English.