Reinventing NOTAMS
Air Canada Flight 759 almost landed at night on a taxiway adjacent to closed SFO Runway 28L on July 7, 2017. At the last...
Coping with CAMI
FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) in Washington, D.C., led by Dr. Susan Northrup, the Federal Air Surgeon, has jurisdiction over CAMI. The divisions...
ON THE AIR: April 2022
A while back we were transitioning Omaha’s airspace, and heard the following:
Omaha: “American 123, climb and maintain 10,000, one zero thousand.”
American 123: “One-zero thousand....
The IFP Gateway
The FAA’s IFP Information Gateway offers all published Instrument Fight Procedures for download and status checks such as whether procedures are new, up for...
Sussing SUA
Cruising along under IFR, there's an MOA or restricted airspace ahead. On FIS-B, you pull up a page that shows its size and status:...
Which Way Is Up?
Remember when you were a student pilot prepping for the cross-country flights with a sectional chart, using your plotter to calculate the true course...
How GPS Works
Back in the bad old days of VOR navigation you could find your position by tuning in two different VOR’s. Each radial from a...
ENGINE-OUT AUTOMATION
Okay, what is engine-out automation? It includes automatic propeller feathering and rudder boost. New innovations are being introduced that extend this automation into more...
GOT DME?
With full RNAV equipment, the occasional ILS might seem quaint, but it’s still a useful procedure. It even requires RNAV in some updated versions....
VORs in the G1000
Garmin has sold over 16,000 Garmin G1000 units since its introduction in 2003. Properly used, a G1000 can make you look mighty good trekking...
ICAO Flight Plan, Again
August 2019, marked the end of the FAA Domestic Flight Plan. The ICAO Flight Plan form is required in the U.S. for all VFR...
Under Pressure
Dialing in the altimeter setting is perhaps one of the most universal, timeless rituals of aviation, spanning decades, continents, and cultures, and tying all...