Question: When the announcement is made that, "The pilot has begun his initial approach," why is the word initial used? It implies there may be more than one approach. Answer: It is a differentiation ...

An Airbus A330 comes in on an unstable-looking final approach, with visible movement as the aircraft lines up for landing in ...

Approach clearances are fundamentally structured by the "PTAC" acronym: Position, Turn, Altitude, and Clearance, each element guided by specific ATC regulations to ensure a safe and stable approach.

When we first learned about Final Approach last year, we thought it looked a lot like a VR version of games like Flight Control (iOS, 2009). And while that wouldn’t be a bad thing—as Flight Control is ...

From the land of Nowhere comes Jason Bohn/ He talks too much because his mind is gone/ He sports a couple really lame tattoos/ And the most used button on his alarm is "snooze." (With apologies to ...