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Flying Visual Approaches? Synthetic Vision Pathways Can Help

Flying Magazine

If you’ve flown in a Garmin glass cockpit with synthetic vision, then you may have seen the Pathways feature, a series of constantly moving rectangles on the primary flight display (PFD). However, when flying an approach, the width is 700 feet or half of the full-scale CDI deflection, whichever is less.

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

Well, one important thing youll need to know is RNAV approaches. These approaches use GPS to help you land and offer more flexibility than traditional systems like ILS. In this guide, you’ll learn how RNAV approaches work, the different types available, and tips to make them feel natural and straightforward.

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Hey, FAA … How About Some AoA Money?

AV Web

Since Safe Flight invented the stall warning system lift detection system in the 1940s, its AoA tech leverages a similar wing leading-edge sensor for AoA and speed indexing. That’s a photo I captured of Safe Flight’s second-gen system from a demo flight on approach to Waterbury Oxford Airport in Connecticut in the company’s Cessna.

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Blog: Surviving the Newark ATC Chaos

AV Web

One of its main, parallel north-south runways is closed for construction, and a recent handing off of a large swath of approach responsibilities to Philadelphia has combined with some staffing woes to make a mess of things (See Russ Niless update on the details.) We were about 20 minutes from landing when I caught the first whiff of trouble.

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Business jet flight decks

Professional Pilot

Collins Aerospace The Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system offers an all-in-one solution for flight deck modernization, and enhances safety, situational awareness (SA), and operational efficiency across aircraft platforms. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which is the Superior Choice?

Pilot Institute

These cockpits combine all traditional instruments on multi-function displays (MFDs). This is called the Primary Flight Display (PFD). We usually receive them before important phases of flight. For example, approaching a selected altitude. However, many will look different.

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Pilot Report: Flying in the Martin Mars

Vintage Aviation News

So I parked my car and started to walk around to where the offices and ramp were when someone approached me and asked if I was there for the ride?! The final approach to land was 85kt and quite a short run for the final landing. Another turn and it was back for a water drop over the lake.

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