Flying

Tri-Cities/Bristol, Tennessee ILS or LOC Runway 23

The Tri-Cities/Bristol, Tennessee ILS or Loc Runway 23 approach requires pilots to maintain 6,000 feet on the 210-degree radial from the Glade Spring VOR before descending to 3,600 feet. The approach ...
Flying

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 ...
Flightglobal

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 ...
Flightglobal

Kabo 747-200 short-landed after crew opted against ILS approach

Nigerian investigators were unable to access information from either flight recorder of a Kabo Air Boeing 747-200 which touched down 100m short of the runway during a non-precision night landing at ...
Aviation Week

High Or Low? Pilots Disagree On Right Approach, Part 2

View of the approach path reveals the Falcon 20 passed through a copse of trees before crashing. Credit: NTSB While the pilots of Sierra West Flight 887 waited for a reply to their request for an ILS ...