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, in collaboration with Jeppesen, has introduced FMS-guided visual procedures to provide pilots with lateral and vertical guidance during visual approaches.
These new procedures aim to mitigate risks associated with challenging factors like weather, fatigue, pilot unfamiliarity, complex airspace, and the lack of traditional vertical guidance for visual landings.
Offered as an optional add-on for Honeywell-equipped aircraft, these advisory procedures enhance safety, improve energy management, and can be coupled to the autopilot, particularly beneficial at challenging airports such as Teterboro (KTEB) or those near congested airspace.
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.
