Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

Gyroscopic instruments rely on rigidity in space and include the AI, HI, and Turn Coordinator. Pitot-static instruments measure airspeed, altitude, and vertical speed. Mastering the six-pack is essential for safe and effective piloting. What Are the Six Instruments? The turn coordinator has four white demarcations.

Pitot Tube

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

The landing gear failed to deploy and the Boeing landed on its belly, skidding some 250 metres off the runway before crashing into a concrete platform used for the airports Instrument Landing System antennae. In other words, it’s highly unlikely that pilots were attempting a go-around after touchdown.

Thrust

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

To a pilot, however, aviation laws are the rules by which they operate to ensure the highest level of safety. Despite us pilots considering ourselves the epitome of human perfection, few are bar-certified lawyers. General aviation operations fall into this categorythink of a private pilot flying with his friends or family.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Simple Flying

JANUARY 15, 2025

An Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a precision runway approach system that aids pilots during their approach and landing phases of flight. The aid is based on two radio beams, which together provide pilots with both vertical and horizontal guidance during an approach to land.

Runway

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a precision approach and provides both lateral and vertical guidance to a runway. For most general aviation operations, it allows a pilot to descend to as low as 200′ AGL and assist a pilot in locating the runway in as low as 3/8 mile visibility.

Approach

Flight Training Central

JULY 12, 2024

This identifies the critical area for the instrument landing system, located near the ILS antenna array, where an airplane on the ground (or vehicle) in that space could interfere with the radio signals for airplanes flying an ILS instrument approach. ILS critical area boundary sign

Instrument Landing System

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The plan was to shoot an instrument landing system (ILS) at the military airport next door, but clearance delivery told us they were landing the other direction. It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are. I’m focusing on the old pilot part, not the bold pilot.

Pitot Tube

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

VASI is also common at flight training schools since its straightforward approach helps student pilots learn visual landings easily. Airports like JFK or LAX, which handle heavy jets and require greater precision, use PAPI to give pilots detailed visual feedback during their approach. Safe landings!

Runway

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Sometimes, it seems like the pilots can’t see anything all the way down to the ground. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land.

Knot

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Are you studying for your instrument rating? Many pilots just memorize the answers instead of truly understanding them, especially when it comes to complicated topics like LPV, LNAV, and VNAV. VNAV adds automated vertical guidance to approaches, reducing pilot workload during descents. What Are LPV, LNAV, and VNAV?

Approach

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This type of approach is a non-precision instrument procedure that uses ground-based radio signals to guide you safely to a waypoint or the runway, even when visibility is poor. Unlike an Instrument Landing System (ILS), a VOR approach only provides horizontal guidance. Let’s dive into how VOR works.

VOR

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

During the final approach, the pilot reduced engine throttles to manage airspeed and align with the Instrument Landing System glideslope. The estimated damage totals $456,248,485. The incident occurred while the crew was conducting a low-visibility approach through dense fog.

Wind Shear

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

Obviously certain outlets find the whole “the pilots flew to the wrong airport!” The pilots, the flight attendants, and their aircraft were dispatched, flight-planned, and fueled for a trip to Edinburgh. But, you’re thinking, wouldn’t the “welcome aboard” spiel by either the pilots or cabin crew have given things away?

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

GPS is everywhere, from our wristwatches and cell phones to the complete selection of RNAV departures, approaches and T routes that comprise the majority of the under-12,500-foot airspace system. The Instrument Landing System (ILS) seems safe for now, but LPV approaches are cheap, accurate, and are everywhere.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Have you ever wondered how pilots navigate with such precision? GPS technology has revolutionized aviation, but not all GPS systems are created equal. These systems make GPS navigation more reliable and accurate, but they work in very different ways. Why do these differences matter to pilots? Ready to learn more?

Approach

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 6, 2024

Some key features of the radar system include: It is a pulse-Doppler radar, which can track targets at distances beyond visual range and down to close range. It allows pilots to engage enemy aircraft with precision. The radar system can automatically acquire enemy aircraft, providing a significant advantage in close-in dogfights.

Jet

Airspeed Junkie

JANUARY 24, 2023

It can also provide the pilot with unprecedented target area detail along with digital map displays that they can tailor with slew and zoom features. More Safety: The more advanced technology does not only mean better fighting capabilities, but it also offers more security to the pilots. As per the Air Force Statistics of the U.S.,

Jet

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Onboard the incident flight was two pilots of Spanish origin, plus two DHL employees – one German citizen plus one Lithuanian citizen. At the time of writing, reports say that one person (reportedly one of the pilots) has lost their life as a result of the incident. Poor weather conditions do not appear to be a factor.

Final Approach

World Airline News

JULY 26, 2025

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Airlines

World Airline News

JULY 25, 2025

The pilot strike at KM Malta Airlines began on July 21, 2025, as a result of longstanding tensions surrounding recruitment practices and pilot seniority. com Airline News. The majority of KM’s cockpit crew pr.

Cargo

World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

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Cargo