Flight Planning

SmartCharts availability will expand to Canada and Mexico in August.

NORAD is warning pilots to carefully check NOTAMs to avoid airspace violations.

The agency is transitioning to a new cloud-based system designed to improve reliability, reduce outages, and modernize delivery to pilots and dispatchers.

A new safety analysis highlights continued risks in circle-to-land approaches.

Garmin Pilot now lets users post airport and FBO reviews, including fuel, ramp, and service details.

VAI has encouraged pilots to use SlackMap to enhance awareness of low-level obstacles like slacklines.

Honeywell’s new RNAV (RNP) approach into Aspen (KASE) Runway 15 is now FAA-approved, providing lower minimums, a stabilized descent, and guided missed approach for safer operations.

Signature Aviation launches portal for trip management, service requests, and pricing visibility across its FBO network.

The thoughts are succinct and paragraphs short in a conversation about some of the basic truths of staying alive, happy and well when flying. Okay, there might be a few opinions mixed in. Pushing It The weather is not going to get better in another five miles. If you are trying to scud-run, the weather […]

Bloomberg reported that Jeppesen could top Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg’s list of non-core assets being sold to shore up the planemaker’s balance sheet. Bloomberg, quoting unnamed sources, said the company is looking for $6 billion for the world’s largest provider of aviation charts and air navigation materials to help whittle down its $58 billion in […]