Before electronic flight bags, pilots relied on paper instrument approach plates, primarily choosing between government-issued National Ocean Service (NOS) charts and commercial Jeppesen charts. The ...
Instrument approach charts evolved from early user-driven designs to the current "Volpe format," which applied human factors research starting in the mid-1990s to improve organization, readability, ...
To illustrate the many aspects of defining and implementing general flight and operating rules, consider the specifications for a Category II or III instrument approach to land as reflected in the ...