IFR flight often includes segments in uncontrolled Class G airspace as part of a cleared flight (e.g., during departure or approach), but "pure" uncontrolled IFR without a flight plan or ATC contact ...

Mar 08, 2011 (FIND, Inc. via COMTEX) -- SUMMARY: This action proposes to introduce low altitude helicopter RNAV routes into the United States domestic Air Traffic Service (ATS) route structure to be ...

"Radar Required" on RNAV approaches, such as KBVY Rwy 34, is often due to the absence of published altitudes or transition routes from the en route structure to the Initial Approach Fix (IAF), ...

ICAO proposes renaming RNAV approach charts to RNP to standardize performance-based navigation (PBN) titles and clearly indicate required navigational performance. The FAA and other international ...

Filing a VFR or IFR flight plan today is a breeze when using an aviation app like ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot, since the File function is integrated right into both apps’ standard flight planning ...

Garmin’s SmartCharts promise a cleaner, more intuitive way to brief and fly instrument procedures on the iPad—but how do they hold up in the real world, especially when ATC throws a curveball? In this ...

"Flying the G1000 IFR Like the Pros!" by J. Robert Moss is an advanced IFR operations course offering extensive practical guidance applicable to many avionics, covering preflight, flight plan ...

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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