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Instrument Rating vs. Instrument Pilot
Many start with a private pilot certificate, then add an instrument rating, but how can you become a true instrument pilot?
Details, Differences
Enduring a black-screen episode in flight, for those in the know, isn’t as bad as it sounds. While the thought of losing a moving color map is often the modern pilot’s horror-movie nightmare, most...
Readback September 2023
Autopilot Coupling NA?
See the KSTS ILS Runway 32 approach. It states that autopilot coupled approaches are NA below 1038 feet. DA is 380 feet. Why the prohibition on autopilot use?
Tim Massey
Kentfield, California
The navigation...
Logging Sim Time
Back in 2018, the FAA expanded our ability to use training devices to maintain instrument currency. Incomprehensible distinctions between aircraft and various types of simulators were removed. Rated pilots may log currency tasks without...