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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. But these systems had some problems, like not being able to work over water, or if there was something in the way of the transmitter and the aircrafts receiver. This makes more airports accessible under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

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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 article will explain the six primary instruments of every flight deck, often informally referred to as the six-pack.

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RAIM vs WAAS Explained Simply: GPS Made Easy

Pilot Institute

While WAAS-enabled equipment has a built-in integrity monitoring system that eliminates the need for RAIM, you may still require RAIM functionality for non-WAAS operations or as a redundancy check in areas where WAAS coverage is unavailable. During IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) flights.