The article clarifies the distinct definitions of RNAV (Area Navigation), RNP (Required Navigation Performance), and PBN (Performance Based Navigation), emphasizing RNP's requirement for onboard ...
The ILS Z Rwy 24 approach at Wilmington (KILM) is a hybrid designed to combine the RNAV (GPS) Terminal Arrival Area (TAA) for procedure turn avoidance with the precision of an ILS. This approach ...
In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...
It might sound crazy, but every now and then professional pilots with plenty of experience find themselves landing at the wrong airport. Take the following cases as a couple of examples that occurred ...
Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...
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The fading legacy of the NDB approach
Are old-school navigation aids such as this still worth mastering?
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