March 2003 was a bad month for the Leesburg, Va., airport. In a 20-day period, two highly capable single-engine aircraft, one nearly new, crashed on the same instrument approach to the airport- the ...

Cold temperatures and rapidly falling altimeter settings can cause altimeters to read higher than actual altitude, potentially leading to violations of "at or above" stepdown altitudes on an ILS, even ...

In Part 1, we discussed the circumstances surrounding the off-runway landing at Presque Isle, Maine. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted what is commonly known as a “field major” ...

The runway at Somerset-Pulaski County Airport (SME), Ky., has been extended by 400 feet to 6,000 feet and a new localizer approach has been added.

No audio available for this content. The GNC 355 is a GPS navigator with localizer performance with vertical (LPV) approach guidance and a built-in communications radio. (Photo: Garmin) Garmin ...

The FAA authorirized TSO includes localizer performance approaches and automated transition to hover modes. Heli-One's S-76B cockpit modernization suite features a trio of Universal Avionics' EFI-890H ...

FOKKER SERVICES developed SBAS Landing System (SLS) mod for 737NG to conduct approaches down to Localizer Performance (LP) or Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) minima. It worked with ...