Flying Magazine
JULY 29, 2025
As most of my time at the show is spent prowling the grounds looking for interesting airplanes and/or people that would make good feature stories for FLYING Magazine, I began in Warbirds, where there were rows of fighters and trainers and transports. There are those who argue that the NDB is antiquated technology—and it is.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 9, 2025
Today we will explain airplane holding patterns in detail, answer some common questions, and even teach you a few ‘hacks’ to make flying a hold a real breeze. A holding procedure is when an airplane flies in a pattern to maintain its geographic location using its onboard navigational instruments. Here’s why airplanes take up the hold.
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Non-precision approaches (such as a localizer, VOR, LNAV, or NDB) use a Maltese cross for the FAF. Precision approaches (such as ILS) use a jagged arrow to mark the FAF. This is the point where you should intercept the ILS glideslope. At this point you should start descending to the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA).
Flying Magazine
JULY 1, 2025
READ MORE: How to Stay Ahead of the Airplane That being said, it is highly unlikely that you will still have the skills and proficiency required for solo cross-country flights, so expect to do at least one dual cross-country with a CFI to make sure you remember the procedures. For comparison, there are 149 NDB/ADF approaches in the U.S.
Air Facts
JULY 23, 2025
Skyway was a small but vibrant commuter airline that operated a fleet of Beech 99 turboprops, Beech 18s, and several single-engine airplanes of various lineage. My duties at Skyway included flying as copilot on the Beech 99 and Beech 18, as well as pilot-in-command on the single-engine airplanes. For me, it was no problem.
Flying Magazine
MAY 6, 2024
You could also identify this using the R-194 radial crossing from the STL VOR, using an ADF tuned to the NDB station of 227 if you still have one that works, or you can use your audio panel to identify passage of the outer marker beacon. That requires four different frequencies.
Fear of Landing
JANUARY 3, 2025
The flight crew requested an NDB approach to Grozny and were cleared for approach to runway 26. Flight 8243 : Left 360, my airplane is losing control. This strongly indicated GPS jamming, a tactic frequently used by Russian forces to counter Ukrainian drone operations despite being prohibited under international regulations.
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