Using GPS with Conventional Procedures

Course Description

Even when flying a conventional procedure or route (e.g., an ILS or tracking a Victor airway), today most IFR pilots use GPS as a primary source of navigation or to substitute for DME or other navaids. Specific FAA guidance on such “mixed” use, however, is often confusing or difficult to find. In this program BPPP instructor Bruce Williams will address considerations for flying using GPS as supplemental information, including:

• FAA guidance on using GPS to enhance traditional navigation.
• Examples of GPS “best practices” for supplemental navigation.
• Techniques to help you use GPS and conventional navaids most effectively in all phases of flight.

Presenter

Bruce Williams is a flight instructor based in Seattle. A general aviation pilot since the mid-1970s, he is now a check instructor at Galvin Flying at Boeing Field, conducting Part 61 and Part 141 stage checks for private, instrument, commercial, and flight instructor candidates. As a BPPP instructor, Bruce also trains Beechcraft Bonanza pilots. He especially enjoys working with IFR pilots who fly with today’s advanced avionics, like those in his updated 1989 A36. In the summer Bruce provides stall-spin-upset and aerobatic training in an Extra 300L aerobatic airplane. During a 15-year career at Microsoft, Bruce worked on six versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator. He’s the author of two books about using PC-based flight simulation to complement flight training.