The Piper Meridian - An RNAV Approach at Borrego Springs with Dick Rochfort

Dick Rochfort is a Master Certified Flight Instructor providing excellent training, pre-purchase consulting, aircraft relocation and expert witness services to owners, pilots and instructors of the Piper PA46 aircraft. He holds ATP, Commercial and Gold Seal Flight Instructor Certificates with SEL, SES, MEL, CFII, MEI, and CE-525S ratings. He has been a full-time flight instructor working exclusively in PA46 aircraft (all variants) since 1992 and has over 10,000 hours in Make/Model.

[@amendippanesar]

What a beautiful plane

[@RWRPilotTraining]

Thank you. Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR

[@terrypedersen7]

Always informative and interesting content. Can you elaborate on the RNP approaches and authorization to use? There seems to be different thoughts on what is required for use. Thanks and please keep them coming!

[@RWRPilotTraining]

Sure.. RNP approaches are not based on the same certification standard as GPS. The GPS approach certification is far superior which gives us lower minimums. RNP is based on an accuracy of 0.3 miles. GPS is far more accurate. I hope this information helps. Here is the full story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Required_navigation_performance#:~:text=The%20RNP%20APCH%20specifications%20requiring,NM%20in%20the%20final%20segment.
Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR

[@terrypedersen7]

Thank you for the information and the amazingly quick response! Have a great day.

[@RWRPilotTraining]

Thank you. Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR

[@goutvols103]

Thank you for sharing. Was the disengagement of the autopilot an operator error?

[@RWRPilotTraining]

Hi, thank you for your question. No the auto pilot disconnect was intentional on my part because he took his hands off the yoke. A hand on the yoke is very important because any auto pilot malfunction needs to be understood and mitigated immediately. Fly Safely - Train Often .. DR