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 ...

US Airways flight technical operations manager Mike Davis sounds a warning as he starts a presentation on required navigation procedures: "You will hear me talk a lot about 'containment' today." Davis ...

Considered by some as the ultimate breakthrough allowing the transition from ground-based to aircraft-based navigation, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) has enjoyed a rather slow, decade-long ...

Example circling maneuver at Memphis IAP, Tennessee. Author graphic. I used to think of the circle-to-land maneuver following an instrument approach as a necessary evil. We had a lot of airports to go ...