Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 3.2.2 - Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV)

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson explains Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV) — a vital concept for modern IFR pilots. You’ll learn how APV approaches bridge the gap between precision and non-precision procedures by providing both lateral and vertical guidance without requiring the ground-based systems used in an ILS. Mike breaks down key examples such as LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) and LNAV/VNAV (Lateral and Vertical Navigation), explaining their decision altitudes, minimums, and the role of WAAS in increasing GPS accuracy. By the end of this video, you’ll understand how APV approaches enhance safety, improve precision, and allow for smoother, more reliable IFR landings using modern GPS technology. #InstrumentRating #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #EpicFlightAcademy #FlightTraining #LearnToFly #Aviation 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:11 – What Are Approaches with Vertical Guidance? 2:09 – What Is the Decision Altitude? 2:25 – Common APVs 2:54 – Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) 4:11 – Landing Minimums for an APV Approach 4:44 – Why LPV Requires WAAS 5:22 – Lateral Navigation/Vertical Navigation (LNAV/VNAV) 6:00 – Landing Minimums for LNAV/VNAV 7:00 – Summary ✈️ Start Your Instrument Rating Training: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment 📚 Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/instrument-rating/ This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching" : https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Teaching-Instructors-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0752BPPW7 Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicflightacademy Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicfltacademy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicflightacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-flight-academy Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/