The article clarifies the distinct definitions of RNAV (Area Navigation), RNP (Required Navigation Performance), and PBN (Performance Based Navigation), emphasizing RNP's requirement for onboard ...
Preliminary NTSB report explores role of military signal jamming in recent accident and need for pilots to maintain robust ...
I love being a licensed private pilot. Ever since I received my private pilots license, I have had so many amazing blessings during my pilot journey. Not only am I a licensed pilot, I also was blessed ...
The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking a hard look at whether an estimated 26,000 instrument flight-capable GPS units on US general aviation aircraft are fit to handle an increasing number ...
Sedona Airport (KSEZ) presents a uniquely challenging instrument approach due to high altitude and surrounding terrain, offering only one approach often requiring a circle-to-land. Circling is subject ...
Area navigation (RNAV) is a concept that predates the implementation of GPS by several decades. But it was with the advent of the latter, with its powerful microprocessors, compact size and global ...
[Avionics Today 10-04-2016] FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has signed off on the Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) National Airspace System (NAS) Navigation Strategy, the FAA’s Navigation and ...