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The Lost Art of Heading
By Doug Rozendaal
Even in the modern world of airplane symbols on magenta lines, sharp heading and CDI skills are still golden tools.

Skip Flight Planning
By Emery Stephans
In a world of radar vectors and GPS boxes, your route is either simple or predestined. Why sweat it?

The Guys Back in Columbus
By Denny Cunningham
If you hear this hangar story, don't roll your eyes. It's true. The pilot was forced to do a touch-and-go at O'Hare in a Cherokee.

Your IFR Moments
By IFR Magazine Readers
IFR magazine asked its readers to contribute defining moments of IFR flying. Here are a few where the moment was made by the company as much as the flight.

Set Up For Success
By Dan Chauvet
Sure you fly the gauges. The trick is to flow the entire panel with a procedure in mind. (This article originally appeared in the July 2002 issue of IFR Magazine and is reprinted here by permission.)

Flying The Summer Low
By Richard A. Coffey
A wimpy winter evolved into a wet, cold spring above the Mason-Dixon line, with plenty of low-pressure systems to entertain instrument pilots. (This article originally appeared in the July 2002 issue of IFR Refresher and is reprinted here by permission.)

The Perils Of GPS
By Brian D. Johnson
GPS navigation systems are intended to increase the safety of instrument flight and greatly enhance our capabilities. It doesn't always work that way. (This article originally appeared in the October 2002 issue of IFR Refresher and is reprinted here by permission.)

Try To Fly A Real Recovery
By Harry Kraemer
Turbulence and sloppy aircraft control can produce an upset in the instrument environment, and we need to practice recovery. Here are tips. (This article originally appeared in the September 2002 issue of IFR Refresher and is reprinted here by permission.)

On Situational Awareness
By William Hill
Do you find yourself baffled by what's going on around you? The clues to ATC's next move are there for the listening. The author uses the fatal 1991 collision of a USAir 737 and a Skywest Metroliner at LAX as an instructive example.

Segments Of The Approach
By IFR Refresher Staff
Do you want to understand the segments of an approach? As the staff of IFR Refresher show, it's simple -- just design a fictitious IAP from scratch and you'll never forget.

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