Location, location, location...
Joe wrote his first article in IFR in 1992 when the FAA decided to consolidate five approach control facilities into one mega-TRACON in San Diego. If they had picked Palmdale, who knows?
Since then he has written several articles about the air traffic control system and Chart Clinics, where we examine an approach chart in detail.
IFR is short for Instrument Flight Rules and when you’re flying in clouds, what you see on the left is about all you have to keep you right side up.