A Flight Instructor's Journal

I work with a lot of plane owners, and I have found the trend is to install an IFR GPS and skip having a DME in the plane. After all, the I...

The missed approach may be thought of as a Plan B maneuver. It is normal to anticipate and expect that an instrument approach will result i...

T. is one of many customers who does a monthly sim session with me. He flies a Mooney, equipped with a Garmin 430W and is proficient on its...

Probably one of the weakest areas I see in working with both instrument students and instrument-rated pilots is holding. Granted, you don’t...

Those of us who did instrument training before GPS took over, had to learn how to do NDB navigation. An ADF is a very simple instrument. I...

Mnemonics and acronyms – those little cryptic collections of letters and words that help us remember things. As pilots we certainly collect...

What really is the purpose of a procedure turn? It’s pretty simple – you’re going the wrong way and need to get turned around. We all lear...

Holding patterns based on distance rather than timed legs are becoming increasingly common, particularly for GPS approaches. Whether it is ...

In Right Airport, Wrong Approach , I described a short instrument training flight from Anoka (KANE) to New Richmond (KRNH) to Osceola (KOEO)...

I went on a short training flight today with an instrument student in his C182, equipped with both a Garmin 430 and an MX20. My plan was to...