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Watch a plane fight a 51-knot crosswind on final approach

ILS approaches are built for precision, but extreme wind changes everything. With crosswinds reaching 51 knots near the final ...
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Aeronautical Decision Making Is Never One Size Fits All

The author generally prefers RNAV (GPS) approaches over ILS approaches due to potential ILS signal issues and the complexities of switching CDI needles on some systems, which can lead to unintended ...
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Chart Wise: Martha’s Vineyard ILS or LOC Rwy 24

The Martha's Vineyard ILS approach involves specific considerations like a direct transition from the Nantucket (ACK) VOR (NoPT) and the importance of correctly identifying the DME source as IMVY ...
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ILS-RNP hybrid approach offers ‘best of both worlds’: Air Berlin

Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...