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"Pilots often head to wrong airports, reports show"

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I assume this is why the Air Force has navigators. One told me once that they put a rock on the control panel to the right if the pilot. When they say "Turn right" and the pilot says "Which way is that?" They say "Toward the rock."
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I assume this is why the Air Force has navigators. One told me once that they put a rock on the control panel to the right if the pilot. When they say "Turn right" and the pilot says "Which way is that?" They say "Toward the rock."



I've talked to an AF pilot and he said due to incidents involving the wrong airport, they're now required to fly calculated approaches backed up by NavAids on a stabilized approach. If the airport for some reason doesn't have an ILS, they have to calculate the decent angle to give them a stable approach, including RNAV (no more dive and drives).

(Yes, VMC as well, unless otherwise directed)
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