Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...
OTTAWA — A WestJet flight nearly collided with the water during an approach to a Caribbean airport after the pilots lost sight of the runway in a rain shower and it took a cockpit alarm to warn them ...
Noise nuisance from aircraft can be reduced significantly by changing the way the planes come in to land. Lining up with the runway as far as 70 kilometres away and making a steady descent can more ...