There's a Difference Between Being Current and Proficient With IFR

In theory, the more you fly, the more proficient you become. But you can also become complacent, especially when doing the ...
Flying

Steering Clear of Instrument Approach Paths

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 ...
Flying

Flying an Instrument Approach to Touchdown Becomes Possible Next Spring

The FAA plans to update aviation’s general flight rules section — Part 91.176 — with new performance-based guidelines aimed at improving flexibility for operators of aircraft equipped with an Enhanced ...
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Best RNAV GPS Approach Yet!

I am continuing my instrument rating training so that I can become IFR rated. Being an instrument rated pilot I feel will make me a safer pilot. I have been training in my Piper Cherokee 235 and it ...
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Cleared Into Chaos: IFR Approach Training As A Student Pilot

I am steadily working on my instrument rating. Being an instrument rating student pilot has been a tremendous challenge. I have struggled on many aspects of the training, but I continue to fight ...
Aviation Week

Flying Circling Approaches In The Real World, Part 1

Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...
Flightglobal

Trials to extend IFR flying in Alaska

Capstone GPS-based system will begin phase two tests this year with plans to extend technologies for phase three The US Federal Aviation Administration is to extend its Capstone free-flight technology ...