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RNAV approaches are GPS-based procedures becoming widespread in general aviation, with LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) procedures offering similar lateral and vertical guidance to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

— -- Question: Captain Cox, why do airplanes still fly magnetic course when most all navigation is done now with GPS navigation and the ability to fly true course(s)? It seems odd that the ...

Performance-based navigation (PBN), made up of area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance-authorization required (RNP-AR) sounds complicated. But in reality, it isn’t. Emirates’ Roger ...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has made a number of recommendations designed to enhance the safety of area navigation (RNAV) global navigation satellite system (GNSS) approaches ...

Horizon Air, a regional carrier in the northwestern United States, flies in a challenging environment and, therefore, has special needs. It flies into airports in mountainous terrain, and it seeks ...