Over the last few years, any pilot who has flown IFR has probably come across this abbreviation: CDFA 🛬 CDFA stands for Continuous Descent Final Approach, and is meant to improve overall efficiency and safety during an instrument approach. For some pilots, it’s a technique that is so ingrained that Read more…
Yep, you’ve read that title correctly. In this article we will be going through the phenomena describing the slowing down of time itself: Time dilation!⏱️ What is time dilation, and how does it affect something we use every day: GPS? Time dilation can be hard to get your mind around!This Read more…
From a little breeze that might move a tree, to a violent hurricane lifting an entire wall of a building: Wind is part of every day life for all of us, but especially for aviators. What is wind and where does it come from? 💨 Plenty of accidents have happened Read more…
Alright, let’s kick things off with the most requested topic by far: Performance Based Navigation (PBN). What is PBN exactly and what do you need to know as a pilot? We are going to keep things as simple as possible and cut through all the confusion that often comes with Read more…