Flying Magazine

JULY 29, 2025

For those who wanted to turn wrenches or have a career in the cockpit, there were airlines, colleges, and universities in attendance as well. I taught everything from the prescripted specific IFR and VFR scenarios and approaches to the procedure for getting out of a spin.There were a few virtual carrier traps as well.

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Air

JUNE 17, 2025

Understanding a Visual Approach Chart VAC A Practical Guide for Pilots Every pilot remembers the feeling of approaching a familiar aerodrome: a blend of focus and comfort. To navigate safely within the controlled airspace of an aerodrome, Visual Flight Rules (VFR) pilots rely on a vital document: the Visual Approach Chart (VAC).

Approach

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

If it is obvious that the bad weather is transitory, air traffic control may ask approaching aircraft to take up a holding pattern while the weather subsides. To avoid airplanes constantly changing direction and approach procedures, ATC may ask them to take up the hold while the airport is reconfigured. Want an example? Is that it?

Airplanes

Air Facts

JULY 23, 2025

This would necessitate an instrument approach at every stop—11 approaches in all. Eight of these would be non-precision VOR and fixed-card NDB approaches flown to minimums in a non-radar environment. Their only drawbacks were the noise level in the cockpit and the lack of an autopilot. And I knew Jerry.

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Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.

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