Does that APR, or approach mode key, on your autopilot somehow activate a GPS receiver so it can fly an approach? The answer is no, it doesn't. And if you're confused about that, you're not alone. And ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

An official evaluation of Advanced RAIM (ARAIM), a GPS technique used in aviation receivers for safer landings and take-offs, is being conducted by the William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) of ...

No audio available for this content. Landing airplanes with GPS is not a new concept. People were demonstrating the feasibility back in the early 1990s. But landing transport airplanes in commercial ...

One of the problems with the previous rationale of a stabilization height of either 1,000 ft. IMC or 500 ft. VMC, below which a go-around must be executed, is that many pilots do not believe an ...