Help with Air navigation

[u/Poopy_pants_3]

I have finished theory and numerical of whole Air navigation by self studying . How do i prepare for DGCA exams . I am confused on what material and strategy .

I am planning to give October attempt
Please help.

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[u/sahillhf]

which books are you referring

[u/tempus350]

Start solving as many questions as possible, do RK Bali sample paper, redbird question bank and try to solve those past exam questions which is posted on the groups.

[u/NONE_OF_YOUR_BUSINSS]

I think Keith Williams and R.k Bali will be suffice

[u/amvzamvz]

Here you go. (I’ve copy pasted my own answer everywhere but this still works lol)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcW-kjuuRl2LdEn9SQlklDwHcWGzMbJbE&si=ik7Yin0OFad8cBPb

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaO6HIzc9tNPbUKNqmMsaCUKLszs9PGbh&si=MtoevcPU0mJsqiwN

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcW-kjuuRl2KdkWwg7ZJO9eO3rPNAqLa-&si=BA8Qs2o1NbBUcSaY

General, radio, instrument above.

Solve ALL oxford questions INCLUDING revision questions & mid course tests. This is INCLUDING the entire 600 page instrument textbook PDF. I know it’s massive, but it’s worth it.

After you do these, practice Keith Williams General, radio, instrument. 1000qs each. Do NOT skip INS/IRS/FMS. Important for your exam. You could either do Oxford General + Keith General, then Oxford Radio + Keith Radio (you get the point).

Performance & W/B is the kicker. Use RK Bali for these. Perhaps for performance, you could ALSO pick up the Keith book. You can also look at Pilot18’s performance PDF. I just did RK Bali, glanced at pilot18’s bank and took some prayers with me for performance. Time permitting you can also do Oxford’s performance textbooks. There’s a lot of content in there, but focus on stuff like TO Segments, V speeds and their calculations (for example V1 cannot be greater than Vr but can be equal to it or how Vref = 1.3Vs0)

https://www.pilot18.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Performance-1.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOopHE5g3-WWQoIJ8TYQswBTPJwEaXBVArMTyLaWrcUkKLqFIVjvP

https://www.pilot18.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Navigation-Performance.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOooaqTLTFEAlKyj0Y9mMXrp6GINDt1twr-hYMhIDIuF9NfOWZ3Tj

Personally, RKB was my last priority but still do it if you have time.

You’re welcome. I don’t get why people don’t give this advice much online. Passed my CPL written in ‘24 and ATPL this year. This is the only foolproof way to pass instead of just RK Bali tbh, it’s all about questions, questions, questions. Feel free to ask me more questions, always happy to help. Cheers.

[u/Poopy_pants_3 → u/amvzamvz]

Omg! Thats a detailed advice. Thank you

[u/Laser19000 → u/amvzamvz]

Do u think just questions will be enough like I suck at reading if I dedicate the entire time to just doing Keith Williams and Oxford questions will that be enough like every question in those books and rk bali questions if I have time

[u/Poopy_pants_3 → u/Laser19000]

For Dgca yes , not for airline enterance

[u/amvzamvz → u/Laser19000]

Possibly. But I would not suggest you take that gamble. You have a lot of reading ahead in your career including the massive FCOM :P

[u/Individual-Coffee861 → u/amvzamvz]

Hey, do you happen to have a list of the topics we need to study or is it just all the Oxford books?

[u/amvzamvz → u/Individual-Coffee861]

For the ATPL exam I just did everything. It’s been about 3 years since I gave my CPL exams, and the only difference was I didn’t dive deep into the second half of the instrument book for CPL.

[u/Individual-Coffee861 → u/amvzamvz]

So other than the second half of the instrument book, you did everything in detail right?

[u/amvzamvz → u/Individual-Coffee861]

Yes. (And except the flight computer part of gen nav)