The FAA plans to update aviation’s general flight rules section — Part 91.176 — with new performance-based guidelines aimed at improving flexibility for operators of aircraft equipped with an Enhanced ...

FAA regulations often lack specific details, necessitating official legal interpretations for crucial points such as sharing flight costs and maintaining instrument currency. For logging instrument ...

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The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved instrument approach procedures at eight airports, the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) announced on Tuesday. It said critical ...

If a flight department acquires a helicopter, it will try to find as many ways as it can to make the aircraft pay for itself. If the company is sited so that an access helipad is practical and the ...

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is awaiting a new solution from Rockwell Collins that will rectify previous issues with the software database of instrument approaches. NBAA said it ...

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 ...