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Understanding LPV, LNAV, and VNAV: The Easy Way

Pilot Institute

LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) LPV works just like a virtual Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach. These approaches use the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for ILS-like precision. Nowadays, modern GPS systems have revolutionized approach capabilities.

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Wrong Way Woes

Ask the Pilot

The pilots, the flight attendants, and their aircraft were dispatched, flight-planned, and fueled for a trip to Edinburgh. Obviously certain outlets find the whole “the pilots flew to the wrong airport!” angle irresistible. But that isn’t what happened. That’s where they were expected to fly, and that’s where they went.