Single-pilot IFR is the hardest thing most people will ever do. If you’re a heart surgeon, you might disagree, but for almost everyone else, there’s nothing that compares. The combination of high ...

To maintain IFR currency, pilots must log specific tasks (e.g., 6 instrument approaches, holding, tracking courses) every six months or complete an Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) if exceeding 12 ...

Precision, accuracy, stability – these are what a pilot wants in a precision instrument approach. The instrument landing system (ILS) has provided these qualities for years; however, the Federal ...

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(a) Instrument approaches to civil airports: Unless otherwise authorized by the administrator, when an instrument letdown to a civil airport is necessary, each person operating an aircraft, except a ...

A type of non-precision instrument approach composed of a series of step-down altitudes, informally known as “dive and drive,” remains a point of contention between the FAA and NTSB following the ...

The first LPV IFR approach in Europe was flown using a Falcon 2000, ATR 42-600 and Airbus A350. Falcon 2000 test pilots flying the first Egnos-enabled LPV-200 IFR approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport ...

The company that makes the world's most widely used aviation maps has released a special edition approach chart honoring pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles and the crew of flight ...