Approaches like the KOWD LOC RWY 35 were once common, but they’re almost retro today. Nonetheless, they still exist and we should know how to fly them.
BasicMed was a big win for GA, but it wasn’t perfect. Gradually, some of those shortcomings are being addressed. Here’s the latest.
A popular winter ski destination with summer activities to please nearly any outdoor enthusiast, Telluride is a popular destination, but the airport can be “interesting.”
Long a favorite of instructors and examiners alike, it’s time we dug into this unusual and seemingly one-off approach, at least to broaden your understanding.
The good news is that our electronics give us options. The bad news is that it’s not always obvious which is the best option to use.
Years after the FAA adopted the so-called ICAO flight plan for all flights, many pilots still don’t really understand what codes to put in the boxes. We can help.
Perhaps you call them “Frankenstein” approaches since these require both RNAV (GPS) and conventional navigation, grabbing pieces from each.
Perhaps just a normal regional airport, Westfield-Barnes in Massachusetts, gives us more than its share of things to consider.
One has only to monitor the GPS NOTAMs to conclude that our near-100 percent confidence in GPS is misplaced. Here’s a story of a real GPS outage.
The so-called “long” cross-country in instrument training requires three different approaches. Defining “different” and what approaches qualify has been a process.
