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Pilots frequently confuse the "activation" of a GPS approach with the use of the autopilot's APR (approach) key, considering them linked when they are separate functions. The APR key is part of the ...

Bad weather conditions will be less of a deterrent for humanitarian and medical flight pilots who need to land at Finleyville Airport, now that it has a GPS approach for landing. Tom Riemer of ...

The two-video course, ``Flying GPS Approaches--Featuring the KLN 89B,'' is designed to introduce pilots to GPS navigation. In Part 1, pilots learn how to go beyond ``direct to'' and use an IFR GPS.

GPS approaches are a fact of life, authorised or not. In the GA community they often are not. So what should regulators do? It may look slow off the mark to countries like the USA, Canada and New ...

Approved global positioning system (GPS) approach procedures at several UK provincial airports are likely to go live for general aviation (GA) aircraft by July this year, according to the Civil ...

In September, I talked about what I call the myth of activating the approach. Many pilots seem to feel they need to activate something in their GPS to fly an approach. As I pointed out, I often hear ...