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VASI vs. PAPI: Understanding the Differences and Similarities

Pilot Institute

Performing a safe landing requires skillful flying and clear visual guidance. They are the Visual Approach Slope Indicator and Precision Approach Path Indicator. These systems are designed to help you stay on the correct glide path as you approach the runway. VASI and PAPI each have their own approach.

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Ask a CFI: What is an ILS critical area and when should I hold short?

Flight Training Central

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.

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ILS Explained (With Examples)

Pilot Institute

The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. You might have heard pilots talking about the Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land.