According to Jim Johnson, Honeywell's senior manager of flight
technical services, the company's FMS visual approaches
are created in collaboration with Jeppesen. [Adobe Stock]
Key Takeaways:
Honeywell Aerospace has introduced FMS-guided visual procedures to enhance safety during challenging visual approaches, particularly when facing adverse weather, fatigue, low light, or complex airspace.
These procedures provide precise lateral and vertical path guidance from a fix to the runway, allowing pilots to hand-fly or couple to the autopilot for improved energy management, consistent flight paths, and avoidance of airspace violations.
Developed in collaboration with Jeppesen, these advisory-only tools are available as an additional subscription for Honeywell-equipped aircraft and are not recognized by air traffic control as official instrument approaches.
It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. In daylight, when the visibility is good, the winds calm, and the pilot familiar with the airport—and the approach is a straight in—the visual is no big deal.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
