The article recounts a challenging instrument landing (ILS) approach to White Plains in adverse weather, highlighting the importance of pilot skill, teamwork, and critical decision-making when facing ...

The following is provided by the Flight Safety Foundation as part of its Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Risk Awareness Tools. More information is available at www.flightsafety.org.

In Part 1, we began our discussion of why pilots fail to go around from unstable approaches when their SOPs tell them to. More reasons why pilots fail to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for ...

For instrument approaches, you will want to be stabilized no lower than 1,000 feet above the runway, on the correct flight path to touchdown. You’ll want to maintain the glideslope if you’re landing ...

The next time you’re practicing in the pattern, try these basic tips to help you win that next spot landing contest — or at least touch down in the correct zip code. First, you’ll need to buy in to ...