Few things are more satisfying to me than riding the ILS rails to a smooth landing after a lengthy flight in IMC. But preparation for that landing began long before the mains touch down. In fact, ...

The article proposes a "gates" concept for instrument flight procedures, advocating that pilots view the entire sequence from top of descent through to a missed approach hold as a series of critical ...

It was November in Seattle. The ceiling had been going up and down all morning. A pilot was heard on the unicom asking for a runway advisory-he was still 6 miles out. Although he was instrument rated, ...