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As we neared our decision height on the PAR, he stated he was beginning to experience vertigo and called for a control transfer to me in the front seat.

Pilots were explicitly instructed about particularly unsafe conditions that would preclude a safe landing, such as visibility too low to see the runway at the decision height, or wind shear or wake vortex warnings presented on the symbology.

Pathway HUDs: Are They Viable?

Subject to the appropriate equipment being located at the airport and on the aircraft, a pilot cleared to land at a specific landing category can continue the landing approach until a specified decision height (DH) is reached.

The application of imaging sensors to aircraft landings in adverse weather

Continued use of the anti-ice system led to a windshield hot caution light, so the crew opted to wait until decision height to use the system.

Aircrew Safety Award of Distinction

The commonly accepted definition has been something like "the aircraft flies over an initial approach fix (IAF) and departs the final approach fix (FAF) inbound to the airport in actual or simulated IMC and breaks out somewhere before reaching the missed approach point (MAP), decision height (DH) or decision altitude (DA)." It's not all that simple, of course, especially once simulators and view-limiting devices get involved.

Logging approaches: recent FAA guidance clarifies when you can log an approach in IMC for practical tests and proficiency

100 feet," I replied, and added, "resetting decision height to 50 feet."

Uninterrupted services

This will lower the decision height (DH) from the current 200ft to 100ft, increase access by 1% and save airlines approximately C$750,000 per year, against its $1.5 million acquisition cost.

Approach updates

And all the while, you must also be counting down the altimeter, either for the published decision height or your personal minimum.

Breaking out: the real challenge isn't when you sight the runway, but transitioning from instruments to visual

DH Decision Height: The point in feet AGL at which you must decide to land or miss on an ILS or APV.

The acronym jungle: technology spawns acronyms. Since aviation gets more technology every day, like it or not, acronyms come along for the ride and there are many we simply need to know

As we approached the decision height, we obviously weren't going to break out, so we executed our missed-approach instructions and headed to Mobile Downtown Airport.

Let's go home

This will lower approach minimums at those TLS sites where an obstacle in the missed approach sector dictates decision height. This also enables the system to deliver departure guidance.

Transponder landing system: next-generation precision approach aid. (Air Traffic Management)

The decision height on the ILS is raised to 600 feet AGL to clear obstacles on the missed approach segment.

Missing the point: sure, we practice missed approaches in the sim and under the hood, but in those environments we have a good idea what's coming. Are you as well prepared in real weather?