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How to Fly an ILS Approach

Pilot Institute

Non-Precision Approaches Non-Precision Approaches: Only provide lateral guidance, requiring pilots to level off at a Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) until the runway is visible. ILS): Include vertical guidance, allowing a continuous descent to a Decision Height (DH) where the pilot decides to land or go missed. for the localizer and 0.7

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How to Fly a VOR Approach: Made Easy

Pilot Institute

Are you curious about flying a VOR approach? If you’re aiming to master instrument-rated flying, it’d be valuable to learn about VOR approaches. We’ll cover what a VOR approach is, how to fly it step-by-step, and even whether GPS can replace it in today’s navigation. Ready to make VOR approaches easy?

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. The satellites then send the corrected signals back to your airplane.

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Most frequently missed instrument test questions—November 2024

Flight Training Central

Here are the five most often missed questions from November 2024 on the simulated Instrument Rating Airplane Knowledge Test. At which altitude and location on V573 would you expect the navigational signal of the HOT VOR/DME to be unreliable? Let’s get to the quiz! Refer to figure 34.) 6,000 feet at ELMMO intersection.

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The Six Pack: Basic Flight Instruments

Pilot Institute

When you first laid your eyes on the instruments inside an airplane, they probably went wide with a mixture of joy, confusion, and slight apprehension at the thought of having to learn how to read them. This information is used to determine altitude, rate of climb or descent (i.e., vertical speed), and airspeed.

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Flight Sims for the Win: It’s All About Repetition and Drill

Flying Magazine

It can also be dangerous when the learner drops the airplane to fly the checklist or radio, so practice in the ATD is often a good way to learn procedures, as the ATD is a CFI-controlled environment. To get the most out of the scenario, the learner should use the same procedures in the airplane. It’s an ATD.

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How to Read an IFR Approach Chart

Pilot Institute

The descent profile. This perspective makes the descent path easier to understand. Non-precision approaches (such as a localizer, VOR, LNAV, or NDB) use a Maltese cross for the FAF. At this point you should start descending to the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA). That V represents the Visual Descent Point or VDP.