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We recently had a thought-provoking exchange of e-mails with Henry, a reader who asked a multipart question: What equipment does he need in his...

Just Let DownAs an instrument student, thank you for a great magazine. I especially always look forward to the Killer Quiz.But the Canadian rules...

My student and I were on an IFR flight. Nearing our destination, it occurred to me that we hadn't heard from ATC in a...

A flying friend of mine likes to say that you know you're into something interesting when you have to sign a waiver beforehand. In...

At my day job flying airliners I get a lot of idle time for my brain. To avoid the clich of that becoming the...

In spring 2003, I was halfway through my flight training. My instructor and I were chatting about air traffic control. He'd just visited the...

Last spring, Garmin made a declaration of sorts. It introduced an aggressive new line of inexpensive avionics for experimental aircraft. This said, in effect,...

One of the things I see often on IFR stage checks and IPCs is a lack of familiarity with the different kinds of GPS...

Long the purview of sophisticated flight data recorders available only to airlines, many of the popular integrated TAA systems being installed today can record all the critical-and embarrassing-data about your flight. Activating a data logging feature typically calls for little more than inserting a memory card in a slot; the machine does the rest. …

Controller guidance for getting an aircraft onto an approach was a hot topic at a recent Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee meeting of various...

You got a visual approach on your arrival this morning. You even canceled IFR ten miles out, and enjoyed a pleasant VFR ride to...

Although they look alike, there is a world of difference between ILS, LNAV+V and LNAV/VNAV glidepaths. It turns out that not all glidepaths are created equal.