Instrument & Aural Navigation Trainer

Grand Rapids Four-Course Range

Plotted over a real sectional chart, centered on Grand Rapids' Kent County field. Drag the aircraft around the station — there's no needle on this instrument, so pull on headphones and fly the beam by ear, the way pilots did from the 1920s through the early 1950s.

A N A N

Receiver

Master Volume

Position Readout

Bearing from station000°
Distance0.0 NM
Quadrant signal
OFF COURSE
listening for the beam…

Chart & Training

Show course chart (hood up)
Station Identifier (Morse ID)

Legend

Steady tone — on the beam, dead center of a course.
A · − — you're on the "A" side of the nearest course.
N − · — you're on the "N" side.
Every ~22s the station breaks in with its 3-letter Morse identifier.