It was November in Seattle. The ceiling had been going up and down all morning. A pilot was heard on the unicom asking for a runway advisory-he was still 6 miles out. Although he was instrument rated, ...

Portable GPS devices enhance general aviation safety but are not certified as primary IFR navigation sources, particularly for instrument approaches, and should only supplement installed equipment. A ...

Visual approaches are the most common way to end an IFR flight for personal aviation, requiring VFR conditions (1000 ft ceiling, 3 SM visibility), but maintaining IFR clearance with the pilot assuming ...

IFR operations at nontowered airports significantly reduce ATC separation protection, requiring pilots to assume greater responsibility for traffic avoidance, terrain clearance, and procedural ...

Flying an instrument approach with a modern glass panel is a qualitatively different experience than the same procedure with analog gauges. Even the most essential aspects of IFR flight—instrument ...

Garmin has introduced a new line of budget IFR navigators (GPS 175, GNX 375, GNC 355) offering WAAS GPS approach capability, designed to replace older units with minimal panel rework and at a lower ...

(a) Instrument approaches to civil airports: Unless otherwise authorized by the administrator, when an instrument letdown to a civil airport is necessary, each person operating an aircraft, except a ...

This just in from the FAA: pilots may continue to use their IFR-approved GPS units for instrument approaches, at least for now. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association tells ANN on Friday, the FAA ...

To illustrate the many aspects of defining and implementing general flight and operating rules, consider the specifications for a Category II or III instrument approach to land as reflected in the ...

The term instrument flight sounds cryptic to many student pilots. But there are a lot of similarities between flight using visual references—the way we're initially taught to fly—and flight by ...