Flying Magazine
JULY 29, 2025
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. Months ago I promised a friend who lives in Texas that I would teach him how to fly a non-directional beacon (NDB) approach.
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).
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) can, at times, feel like deciphering a complicated puzzle, especially when you’re staring at an approach chart filled with intricate details. Approach charts, often referred to as approach plates, become your guide when visual cues are scarce. What Is an IFR Approach Chart?
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?
Flying Magazine
JULY 1, 2025
For the instrument candidates, pretty much every flight involves multiple instrument approaches. If there is an NDB (Non-Directional Beacon) along the route and an Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) in the airplane, learn to use that too. Back Course Approach Another approach that’s become more rare is the Localizer Back Course approach.
AV Web
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Years ago, a friend who was then a training captain at a major airline, showed me a video of a pilot totally cratering an NDB approach. SecDef Hegseths avowed opposition to women in combat may mean this wont get a fair hearing, but just more political posturing. It was laughably incompetent for someone with an ATP.
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. That night, after 12 hours on duty and 11 instrument approaches, we taxied in. He even kept score.
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