Before electronic flight bags, pilots used either Jeppesen or NOS paper charts for instrument approaches. Jeppesen charts were considered higher quality but more expensive. Key differences between ...
Richard Aedy: We begin in the air. If you've ever been on a plane that landed in poor visibility you don't forget it. The pilot's relying on instruments and using something called instrument approach ...
Although a move to satellite-based navigation is a fundamental tenet of NextGen, the FAA says it will keep at least one legacy ground-based instrument approach procedure (IAP) at each U.S. airport ...
I am continuing on in my Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), instrument pilot rating. Being an instrument rating student pilot is definitely tough, and I struggle in the various aspects of the instrument ...
The FAA today published new instrument approach procedures into the embattled East Hampton Town Airport on New York’s Long Island. As the battle continues over future access to East Hampton Town ...
Everybody knows tonight's the night Santa departs the North Pole on his round-the-world trip delivering presents. What you might not know is that because the weather at the North Pole can be ...
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to require US airlines to install flight-control software updates to 787s in response to issues with the jets’ instrument ...