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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

Area Navigation (RNAV) is a way for pilots to know where they’re going without needing help from the ground. Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). What Are RNAV Approaches? How Does RNAV Work?

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Avionics and cockpit automation

Professional Pilot

Under visual flight rules (VFR) during daytime, a pilot can operate with only basic gauges: an airspeed indicator, altimeter, compass, fuel gauges for each tank, and oil temperature, pressure, and engine RPM readings. In short, theres always something a pilot hates about a particular off-the-shelf avionic product.

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Business jet flight decks

Professional Pilot

By Jake Carpenter Contributing Writer F rom rudimentary analog gauges to todays sophisticated, fully integrated avionics, the evolution of cockpit technologies has revolutionized how pilots interact with their aircraft. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).

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Flight vision systems

Professional Pilot

However, when Gulfstream introduced its Honeywell-made Synthetic Vision System – Primary Flight Display to business aircraft in 2005, it was the real thing. Yet suddenly, neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night would keep professional pilots on the ground – or divert them into it. Some of them were fatal.

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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

Pilots who regularly operate at high elevation airports are (or should be) familiar with planning this type of flying. The “Six” can seat 6 (pilot + 5 passengers) in a 2-2-2 seating configuration. An autopilot and Aspen primary flight display reduce workload on long flights.