Everybody knows tonight's the night Santa departs the North Pole on his round-the-world trip delivering presents. What you might not know is that because the weather at the North Pole can be ...

A good rule of thumb is to push the APR key whenever you hear the words "cleared for the approach." For nonprecision ...

Before electronic flight bags, pilots used either Jeppesen or NOS paper charts for instrument approaches. Jeppesen charts were considered higher quality but more expensive. Key differences between ...

Even if you only fly VFR in good weather, it pays to check for the location of instrument approaches along your route of flight. Just as you always ensure that your course doesn't take you dangerously ...

If a flight department acquires a helicopter, it will try to find as many ways as it can to make the aircraft pay for itself. If the company is sited so that an access helipad is practical and the ...

A recentlyinstalled FAA navigation system called the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)is making life much easier for general-aviation pilots in the United States, particularly when trying to land ...

I am really beginning to think about starting my instrument rating training. Being able to fly Instrument Flight Rules or IFR, is the next step in a private pilots journey. I have begun to read books ...

A type of non-precision instrument approach composed of a series of step-down altitudes, informally known as “dive and drive,” remains a point of contention between the FAA and NTSB following the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to require US airlines to install flight-control software updates to 787s in response to issues with the jets’ instrument ...