Flying Magazine
JUNE 3, 2025
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). That works well for short runways, say 3,000 feet or less. One is flying arrivals, and the other is flying visual approaches.
AV Web
MAY 4, 2025
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 12 hours behind schedule, but happy to be home.
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Pilot Institute
JULY 4, 2025
Newer glass cockpits may show this guidance as a flight director cue on the primary flight display (PFD) Aural Alerts: A synthesized voice will call out “ Traffic, traffic ” for a TA, and explicit instructions like “ Climb, climb ” or “ Descend, descend now! ” The colored bands appear on the VSI only during an RA.
Photographic Logbook
MAY 25, 2025
The most useless things in aviation are altitude above you, runway behind you, and fuel left on the ground." Multiple student pilots were orbiting in a right-handed pattern north of the airport for touch and go's on runway 27R. Two(ish) mile final for runway 27L at Oakland County International. Aviate, navigate, communicate." "The
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Lateral guidance tells you to go left or right to align yourself with the runway. Heres how you decide: If you can see the runway (or certain lights or markers for the runway) when you reach the DH, you can keep going and land. If you dont see the runway before reaching MOLRE, you have to go missed. Thats up to you!
Professional Pilot
APRIL 3, 2025
The modification declutters the panel by installing sleek high-resolution LED backlit displays that serve as the primary flight display (PFD) and multifunction display (MFD). Touch screen and cursor controls allow pilot selectable layers of data (including synthetic vision) to be displayed.
WayMan
MAY 25, 2025
Modern cockpits often feature a glass cockpit large digital displays that replace older analog instruments. In pilot training, students learn to interpret readings from the Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multi-Function Display (MFD). These show everything from airspeed and altitude to heading and navigation data.
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