Remove Primary Flight Display Remove Runway Remove Threshold
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Avionics and cockpit automation

Professional Pilot

For example, a traditional airspeed indicator shows only real-time changes, while a glass cockpits trend indicator calculates exactly where the airspeed will be over a fixed unit of time and can trigger alerts or automated corrections if thresholds are breached. The Apex is offered on the Pilatus PC-12 NG.

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

Lateral guidance tells you to go left or right to align yourself with the runway. Heres how you decide: If you can see the runway (or certain lights or markers for the runway) when you reach the DH, you can keep going and land. The minima table lists the DA and Height Above Threshold for each type of RNAV approach.