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Transport Canada has cleared WestJet to carry out flight management system (FMS) -guided airport approach procedures using area navigation (RNAV) capabilities certificated to record accuracy levels.

— -- Question: Captain Cox, why do airplanes still fly magnetic course when most all navigation is done now with GPS navigation and the ability to fly true course(s)? It seems odd that the ...

Answer: Pilots use precise navigation equipment, usually the Instrument Landing System (ILS), to maneuver the airplane laterally and vertically to land on the runway. If an ILS is not available, GPS ...

Airspace modernization is an enormously complex task. But aviation industry stakeholders are seeking safe passage through “NowGen” the period when performance-based navigation technologies are ...

Area navigation (RNAV) is a concept that predates the implementation of GPS by several decades. But it was with the advent of the latter, with its powerful microprocessors, compact size and global ...

Recently Deb Fallows, aviation veteran and linguist, did a popular item about the strange and whimsical patterns of naming aviation waypoints, plus other aspects of flying-speak. She has gotten a lot ...

As President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's dream to modernize the country's key gateway remains on course, veteran Pilot-in-Command, Captain Moses K. Weefur has commended the management of the Roberts ...

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Question: How does a pilot land a plane during heavy rain and low visibility? — Submitted by reader Samuel, Jakarta Answer: Pilots use precise navigation equipment, usually the Instrument Landing ...

Answer: Pilots use precise navigation equipment, usually the Instrument Landing System (ILS), to maneuver the airplane laterally and vertically to land on the runway. If an ILS is not available, GPS ...