In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...
The FAA is expanding the implementation of public RNAV departure procedure (DP) and standard terminal arrival (STAR). These procedures demand strict pilot awareness and adherence to the RNAV procedure ...
RNAV approaches are GPS-based procedures that are becoming widespread in general aviation, with LPV procedures offering similar lateral and vertical guidance to an ILS. ATC uses specific phraseology ...
RNAV (GPS) instrument approaches are now commonplace, utilizing GPS and often the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) to provide diverse navigation capabilities with varying Required Navigational ...
The US move towards a performance-based navigation system has taken a step forward with the US Federal Aviation Administration approval for Delta Air Lines to use any required navigation performance ...
Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it a key element of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) modernization initiative, but it is ...