Aviation Week

Flying Circling Approaches In The Real World, Part 1

Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...

How The C-17 Globemaster's Radar Warning System Protects Crews During Combat Zone Approaches

The AN/ALR-69A radar warning receiver is the C-17's 'ears' in a spectrum filled with invisible emissions, detecting, and ...
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Steep approach over icebergs! Flying the Air Greenland Dash 8 to Aasiaat and Ilulissat

In this video we fly from Kangerlussuaq to Aasiaat and Ilulissat in the flight deck of the trusty Dash 8-200. See what it's like from the pilot's perspective flying a steep approach (6 degree ...
Aviation Week

Flying Circling Approaches In The Real World, Part 2

In Part 1, we discussed how there’s a significant difference between flying a circling approach in training and flying one in the real world. In the U.S., approaches are created using criteria ...