Webinar Video: Garmin AXIS Flight Displays

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Take a first look at Garmin Axis including features such as 3D SafeTaxi, onboard data logging, and the Flight Management System (FMS).

Video Tip: Understanding STARs

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In this video tip, we’ll use the FINGER FIVE arrival into the Dallas area to break down how the different transitions come together, compare traditional VOR/DME-based STARs with modern RNAV arrivals

Video Tip: Flying to an MDA with the Autopilot

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In this video, Bruce Williams demonstrates one technique for flying the RNAV (GPS) Runway 27 approach into Port Angeles, Washington. Using a Garmin GFC 600 autopilot, he shows how to level off at the MDA while allowing the autopilot to maintain lateral guidance, reducing workload as the airplane continues toward the missed approach point.

Webinar Video: Understanding Vertical Guidance on IFR Approaches with Bruce Williams

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Join instructor instructor and IFR Focus contributing author Bruce Williams as he explains the three primary types of vertical guidance used on today's IFR approaches.

Video Tip: CAPERS—The Modern IFR Fix-Crossing Check

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CAPERS is a modern framework that helps you stay ahead of the airplane by reviewing the most important elements of the flight whenever you're crossing a fix, receiving a new clearance, or transitioning to a new phase of flight.

Video Tip: Flying with Datalink Weather

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Weather is one of the biggest advantages of modern IFR flying—but only if you understand what you’re really looking at. Datalink weather has transformed the cockpit, putting radar, METARs, and forecasts right at your fingertips. But not all datalink weather is created equal. In this video tip, we’ll break down the two primary sources—ADS-B and SiriusXM—highlight how each system delivers its information.

Video Tip: Cruise Clearance

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One of the most misunderstood clearances in instrument flying is the cruise clearance, which gives pilots more freedom than a standard “maintain” altitude assignment. In this video tip, we’ll break down what a cruise clearance really means, how it changes your responsibilities in the cockpit, and when you can take advantage of this unique tool to simplify your flight.

Video Tip: Required IFR Reports

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Even in an era of advanced avionics and near-constant radar coverage, IFR flying still depends on clear, timely communication with ATC. Some reports are expected as part of the normal flow of a flight, but others are specifically required. In this video tip, we’ll break down the key IFR reports every pilot needs to know, including when to speak up, what to say, and how these calls help keep the system running safely and efficiently.

Video: Understanding TEC Routes — Advanced IFR, by Pilot Workshops

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Follow along on this scenario-based IFR flight from Riverside, California (KRAL) to Long Beach (KLGB). The short, 20-minute flight presents immediate challenges as the workload is high from start to finish in the busy southern California airspace. The flight will utilize and explain a Tower Enroute Control (TEC) route which is an FAA program of standard routes that keep a flight solely within approach control airspace

Webinar Video: Instrument Approach Decision-Making—IFR Mastery

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In this live PilotWorkshops IFR Mastery webinar, the PilotWorkshops team will walk pilots through a realistic, thought-provoking scenario from the IFR Mastery series. You’ll be placed in the cockpit of a Beechcraft Bonanza and faced with a critical decision: how to enter and execute an instrument approach into Wichita Falls, Texas, with low ceilings and strong winds complicating the picture.
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