Pilot Institute
JANUARY 14, 2025
So, how do pilots manage to land their aircraft safely and accurately without even being able to see where theyre going? The ILS (Instrument Landing System) uses radio signals to help pilots align the aircraft accurately on their approach to a runway. Lets learn more about this system! What Is an ILS Approach?
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
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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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
By 1933, the US Airway Beacon System consisted of more than 1,500 beacons spread across approximately 18,000 miles of airways, guiding pilots safely through the skies at night. These new technologies allowed pilots to navigate with greater accuracy and safety, even in low visibility conditions.
Flight Training Central
JULY 12, 2024
This identifies the critical area for the instrument landing system, located near the ILS antenna array, where an airplane on the ground (or vehicle) in that space could interfere with the radio signals for airplanes flying an ILS instrument approach.
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 27, 2025
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.
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Three-Bar VASI To help you when flying long-bodied airplanes, like the Boeing 747 or the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, some airports use the three-bar VASI. When your eyes are on the proper slope for a long-bodied airplane, you’ll see the top bar red, the middle bar white, and ignore the lower bar, which is also white.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
When I had the endurance to drive 20 miles to an appointment, had good situational awareness of all the cars around me on the freeway, and when driving didn’t take 100 percent concentration, I had passed the first challenge before getting in the airplane. I told the CFII about this, and we watched those carefully during the flight.
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