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How to Eliminate Approach Key Confusion for Pilots

A good rule of thumb is to push the APR key whenever you hear the words "cleared for the approach." For nonprecision ...
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Flying the Margins: How One Pilot’s Choices Stacked the Odds

The fatal Cirrus SR22 accident was directly impacted by the pilot's choice of an ILS approach over an RNAV (GPS) approach in challenging weather conditions. The ILS approach required manual flying for ...
Flying

Aeronautical Decision Making Is Never One Size Fits All

The author generally prefers RNAV (GPS) approaches over ILS approaches due to potential ILS signal issues and the complexities of switching CDI needles on some systems, which can lead to unintended ...
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KTEB Hosts Honeywell’s First Guided Visual Approach

With the right equipment and training, there's now a safer way to fly the ILS 6, circle to 1 approach into Teterboro Airport. When winds blow from the northwest, pilots might fly the ILS 6, circle to ...
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A320 terrain near-collision inquiry: ILS ‘masking’ threat of mis-set altimeter

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...