When I first started flying, not too many small GA aircraft had GPS receivers. In fact, not that many people had a hand-held GPS either. Flying on an instrument flight plan almost always meant flying along victor airways. But times are a-changin’ and recently—as in within the last ten years—we started seeing blue lines on […]
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Where Should You Intercept the Glide Slope
As instrument pilots, we are taught how to intercept and follow a glide slope during our instrument training. Whether an ILS or LPV, there’s little debate about whether to intercept from above or below. We always want to intercept from below. But the question of where along the approach course to intercept is often debated. […]