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...
Remember VORs?
Area navigation using GPS has been around (for us) for about 30 years. Before that we did mostly the same thing using LORAN for...
Got GPS?
Our IFR avionics are getting evermore capable, allowing us single-pilot fliers to shoot RNAV approaches once reserved for the big iron. While most standard...
You Could Fly a Cat II ILS
Category I ILS approaches, long our low-weather mainstay, offer us minimums as low as 200 feet above the touchdown zone with RVR 1800 feet...