BEECH KING AIR 200, PIQUA, OHIO, AUG. 24, 2001–The King Air crashed, killing the sole-occupant pilot, as the ATP-rated pilot attempted a VFR approach to Piqua Airport in dense fog on his way to pick ...

I write about private jets and the airline industry. When you fly the VFR approach, you fly right over the centre of the town, over a beautiful medieval walled village and then turn south and fly down ...

A pilot's heading indicator can help visualize runway orientation during VFR approaches to unfamiliar airports, even without a glass cockpit. By mentally extending the runway across the heading ...

In 2019, more than 4.5 million people traveled by air every day worldwide and many of them arrived late because of weather. Up to 70% of air traffic delays are caused by instrument meteorological ...

-- Keep safety a priority, even when schedules are tight. -- When available, fly an instrument approach rather than a visual, especially for a night arrival. Doing so improves instrument proficiency ...

Considered by some as the ultimate breakthrough allowing the transition from ground-based to aircraft-based navigation, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) has enjoyed a rather slow, decade-long ...