Archive for the 'GPS' tag

Are Needle, Ball, and Airspeed Obsolete?

With the advent of the Glass Age, I’ve been seeing more and more pilots question the need for traditional needle/ball/airspeed instrument skills. Why bother to learn the technology of yesterday, they ask? On the surface, this question makes...
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RNAV Approach Quiz

From the “you learn something every day” file comes a fascinating Air Safety Foundation quiz on RNAV approaches. For the non-pilots and/or non-instrument rated among us, RNAV is short for “random area navigation” and for...
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