Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 1.4.3 - The GNSS & GPS

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson explains two of the most critical navigation systems in modern aviation — the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS). Understanding these systems is essential for every Instrument Rated Pilot, as they form the backbone of today’s precision navigation under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Mike breaks down how GPS satellites communicate with aircraft receivers using pseudorange and trilateration principles, ensuring accurate positioning in flight. You’ll also learn about Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM), Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), and how the G1000’s MFD and PFD display satellite information. By the end of this video, you’ll have a complete picture of how satellite navigation keeps pilots safely on course. #InstrumentRating #EpicFlightAcademy #GPS #GNSS #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #FlightTraining #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 0:58 – Navigation and Satellite Systems (GNSS & GPS) 1:05 – What Is the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)? 1:38 – What Is the Global Positioning System (GPS)? 2:53 – How Does GPS Work? 3:32 – What Does Pseudorange Mean? 4:33 – What Does Trilateration Mean? 6:30 – What Is Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM)? 7:35 – What Is the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)? 10:57 – GPS Errors 11:35 – The MFD GPS Status Page 12:03 – The PFD 15:39 – Summary and Closing 🎓 Start Your Instrument Pilot Training: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/instrument-rating/ This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching" : https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Teaching-Instructors-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0752BPPW7 Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicflightacademy Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicfltacademy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicflightacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-flight-academy Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/