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Honeywell Develops FMS-guided Visual Approaches Honeywell has developed FMS-guided visual (FGV) approaches to provide a safer path to runway ends that offer some additional challenge and risk to business jet pilots. The resulting paths use radius-to-fix legs “which provide a precise track over the ground to align the aircraft while observing known airspace restrictions,” according to Honeywell. So far, there are FGV approaches for 10 runways at nine airports—including Teterboro (KTEB) and Van Nuys (KVNY)—with four more runways at three airports in development at Singapore Seletar (WSSL, Runway 3/21), Westchester County (KHPN, Runway 34), and Napa County (KAPC, Runway 24). Most airports have instrument approach procedures that align the aircraft with a runway end, but not all runways—especially those constrained by terrain or airspace restrictions—have an IFR approach. Visual approaches can be more expeditious, but they lack guidance, and pilots must rely on their skill and judgment to keep the aircraft on the right path. The FGV approaches are designed to mitigate risks inherent in visual approaches by providing lateral and vertical guidance that results in a stable approach. Honeywell has made these visual approaches available as a subscription service that adds them to FMS databases in qualifying aircraft. These include the Bombardier Global Express; Cessna Citation Sovereign and X; Falcon 900EX EASy, 900B/C/EX, 2000 EASy, 7X, and 8X; Gulfstream GV, G450/G550, G500/G600, and G650; and Hawker 4000. Read more Sjekk mer her om hvordan det føles i simulator: https://tinyurl.com/yuu5nrpz