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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). When approaching an airport on a long base leg, they often struggle to determine the correct altitude for joining the final approach.

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

The image at the beginning of this section is an example of an RNAV approach plate for Monterey Regional, California. The minima table lists the DA and Height Above Threshold for each type of RNAV approach. Lets look at each type of approach and see how it works. on the final approach.