Are You Lined Up With The Correct Runway?
Channel: Over 50 and Learning To Fly!
Date: 2022-07-18

Are you lined up with the correct runway?  Don't laugh, it happens a lot more that you think.  It can be confusing, and it does happen. 

When you start doing more serious, flying you will be flying into larger airports with parallel runways.  These airports will be busy, so do yourself a favor and use your nav aids, like your ILS, your GPS or even set up the approach as an RNAV from the IAF even if you are on a visual approach.  This will always help you confirm you are lined up with the correct runway. 

One thing I practice relentlessly is setting up my GPS and my ILS for all types of approaches to where ever I am going.  I practice this because I don’t want to be fumbling with my equipment if I get caught in an emergency, bad weather or any other circumstance. I want to be prepared and be able to pull up any approach, RNAV or ILS at any time with fluency and ease. And I usually pull up and review the approach plates for the expected runway before I ever leave the ground,… Just to have that in my head, because as a pilot I have come to despise and surprise…   

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Have you always wanted to learn how to fly but now you are over 50?  Get out there and start and learn! There are so many people in there 50's and 60's who are just starting to fly so what are you waiting for?