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My First ILS Approach | IFR Training Flight at Allentown Airport | Instrument Pilot Journey

I am continuing on in my Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), instrument pilot rating. Being an instrument rating student pilot is ...
Flying

Aeronautical Decision Making Is Never One Size Fits All

The author generally prefers RNAV (GPS) approaches over ILS approaches due to potential ILS signal issues and the complexities of switching CDI needles on some systems, which can lead to unintended ...
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Trying a VOR Instrument Approach!

I love being a licensed private pilot. As you may have seen from other videos, I am starting my instrument rating training. I really believe that I will be a much safer pilot when I get my IFR or ...
Ars Technica

An aviation expert explains how the FAA’s critical NOTAM safety system works

This for those who might be puzzled why "mowing the grass" on the side of a runway is important. Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) transmit calibrated radio beams for glide slope (vertical) and ...
Ainonline.com

KTEB Hosts Honeywell’s First Guided Visual Approach

With the right equipment and training, there's now a safer way to fly the ILS 6, circle to 1 approach into Teterboro Airport. When winds blow from the northwest, pilots might fly the ILS 6, circle to ...
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Chart Wise: Martha’s Vineyard ILS or LOC Rwy 24

Its downtown area is known for shopping and dining—but that isn’t all Martha’s Vineyard has to offer. Many visitors and residents alike know the island for its outdoor features, which include cliffs, ...
Flightglobal

A320 terrain near-collision inquiry: ILS ‘masking’ threat of mis-set altimeter

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...
Aviation Week

ILS Approaches Implemented at London Ashford Airport

FBO FAL Aviation wants you to know that ILS was installed at London Ashford Airport (LYDD), with excellent access to London and the home counties. FAL boasts of its lounge and pilot facilities and a ...