A pilot recounts a highly challenging NDB DME approach into Toronto City (CYTZ) with outdated avionics and poor visibility, necessitated by unavailable modern navigation options. The approach is ...
The article describes a challenging NDB instrument approach into Hailey, Idaho, characterized by mountainous terrain and only circle-to-land minimums. NDB approaches are noted to be less common now ...
The FAA decommissioned 216 obsolete NDB approaches July 7 and expects to decommission more in September. ``That's a good thing,'' said Randy Kenagy, director of advanced technology at the AOPA, ...
Starting today, 216 NDB approaches will be decommissioned. New plan suggests a necessary full certified professional controller target of 12,563, down from 14,633 in the 2025 plan ...
Example circling maneuver at Boire Field, New Hampshire. Author graphic In Part 1, we discussed the classic simulator circling check and the “Part 142” excuse. You might think the odds are stacked ...