Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) is a continuing problem area for aviation safety. Many CFIT accidents occur in the approach-and-landing phase - and non-precision approaches, those without ...

Easily become an airplane or commercial pilot online! Courses designed by industry experts can help you pass FAA tests and get into the sky! Any onboard computer-generated glideslope requires WAAS, ...

Nearly a year since commissioning the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) with initial capability, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is marching ahead to maximize the availability of ...

Q Many of the new RNAV (GPS) approaches have both LNAV and LNAV/VNAV minima. Which FMSes are eligible to fly the minima in the LNAV/VNAV column? A A large percentage of business aircraft are equipped ...

Q Our flight department is considering using VNAV to fly non-precision approaches. How does VNAV differ from glideslope? -- A Hawker captain AVNAV is not a simple subject -- and the introduction of ...

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The U.S. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) has been approved for instrument approaches down to 200 feet above ground level (AGL), giving it equivalence to Cat I ILS. In March, FAA’s GPS Wide Area ...

The Australian can reveal that the Regional Aviation Association of Australia has thrown its support behind a position paper produced by the Australian Airline Pilots’ Association that argues the ...

Easily become an airplane or commercial pilot online! Courses designed by industry experts can help you pass FAA tests and get into the sky! RNAV GPS (aRea NAVigation) stand-alone instrument ...