Flight plans come in two flavors: VFR and IFR. GPS units carry one of two designations: VFR or IFR. Weather is either VFR or IFR. While VFR and IFR appear to be black and white concepts, there is one ...

This video shows a pilot flying a private IFR approach into a mountain airpark. The procedure isn’t published for public use and requires special authorization. Terrain and weather make precision ...

It was November in Seattle. The ceiling had been going up and down all morning. A pilot was heard on the unicom asking for a runway advisory-he was still 6 miles out. Although he was instrument rated, ...

Visual approaches, despite being on an IFR plan, transfer navigation, separation, and wake turbulence responsibility to the pilot, necessitating high situational awareness to avoid traps like landing ...

While it is unlikely youll ever have to use your hard-earned partial panel flying skills in a real emergency, critical systems do and will fail at the worst possible times. The good news is there are ...

A major shift in light aircraft avionics could soon eliminate one of the biggest compromises in modern panel design. Dynon is developing fully integrated IFR navigation that lives inside the SkyView ...

If you have ever felt a touch of information overload while briefing and flying terminal instrument procedures, stand by. ForeFlight is about to introduce a tool designed to streamline the process by ...

Aero-Terms are designed to be a daily reminder of the terms, names, acronyms and explanations of the unique language that populates the aviation world. Aerospace, sport aviation, fixed wing, helo, you ...

The two privately funded precision instrument approach procedures at Monmouth Executive Airport have lower minimums than the non-precision approaches that were originally approved for the airport.

To illustrate the many aspects of defining and implementing general flight and operating rules, consider the specifications for a Category II or III instrument approach to land as reflected in the ...