June 2010 NOT ALL THAT long ago even the best full-motion jet simulators had very basic visual presentations that were restricted to nothing more than a view straight ahead through the windshield.

The NBAA has asked the FAA to “hit the pause button” on decommissioning old circling approaches, as well as those with circling minima, until the agency evaluates recent glitches in some FMS and ...

Although a move to satellite-based navigation is a fundamental tenet of NextGen, the FAA says it will keep at least one legacy ground-based instrument approach procedure (IAP) at each U.S. airport ...

In Part 1, we discussed how there’s a significant difference between flying a circling approach in training and flying one in the real world. In the U.S., approaches are created using criteria ...

Missed approaches can come in numerous forms but the pilot must be prepared and manage the aircraft and flight path to ensure safe clearance. Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist ...

The pilots flying a Learjet 35A (similar to this one) to Teterboro on a gusty day didn’t properly brief nor fly the circle-to-land approach and crashed turning toward Runway 1, according to the NTSB. ...