Approach Flight Plan Jet 
Flying Magazine
JUNE 3, 2025
Best of all, this tip works in any Garmin glass cockpit with Synthetic Vision Pathways technology, so you can use it in anything from a G1000-equipped Cessna 172, up through Cessna business jets with the G3000 and G5000. However, when flying an approach, the width is 700 feet or half of the full-scale CDI deflection, whichever is less.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 12, 2025
Having recently reviewed how to call for a clearance, I filed my first IFR flight plan, received my clearance from the VATSIM controller, and soon I was following the Logan Four departure out of the Class Bravo and on my way. I hadn’t expected a visual approach but the conditions at Portland were technically VFR.
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Flying Magazine
APRIL 24, 2024
Another CFII told me to check the weather, see what the flow is, and file to an initial approach fix for an approach in use. Answer: I advocate checking the weather and seeing what approaches are being supported by the conditions, then select an approach and file to an Initial Approach Fix (IAF) for that approach.
Flying Magazine
MAY 17, 2025
Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. The PIC wrote, Flight planning will be better done and executed to prevent such an incident from happening again. On final approach, the tower told him to go around. The result was an uneventful approach and landing.
iPad Pilot News
JANUARY 21, 2025
How to set up aircraft equipment codes in aviation apps to file VFR/IFR flight plans iPad Pilot News All VFR and IFR flight plans must be filed using the ICAO form. The international (ICAO) flight plan form , which is required to be used for all VFR and IFR flight plans filed in the U.S.,
Air Facts
MARCH 14, 2025
Call it a bucket list if you want, but I consider it a flight plan for a fulfilling life in the cockpit: 1. 100 hamburger flight. Even if you don’t earn an instrument rating, you owe it to yourself to fly a real approach in IMC (with a pilot who has the rating). You owe it to yourself to fly a real approach in IMC.
Professional Pilot
JANUARY 2, 2025
The HGS-6000 is certified in the US and abroad for low-visibility takeoff (LVTO) and manual Cat III approaches, and delivers superior low-operating minima guidance. Additional features, such as speed offsets, velocity cues, and crosswind adjustments enhance precision, particularly during approach and in turbulent or crosswind conditions.
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