Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. The longest runways had front course and back course ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) and an on-field VOR that provided navigation and approach capabilities for aircraft on instrument flights.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) LPV works just like a virtual Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach. These approaches use the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for ILS-like precision. Nowadays, modern GPS systems have revolutionized approach capabilities.

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Descent Approach Weather VOR 52

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

The pilots, the flight attendants, and their aircraft were dispatched, flight-planned, and fueled for a trip to Edinburgh. Obviously certain outlets find the whole “the pilots flew to the wrong airport!” angle irresistible. But that isn’t what happened. That’s where they were expected to fly, and that’s where they went.

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Air Traffic Control Instrument Landing System Runway Approach 60