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Quiz: Understanding the airplane Pitot-Static System

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The pitot-static system is the source of valuable flight information for the pilot. If a flight is made from an area of low pressure into an area of high pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate lower than the actual altitude above sea level. the actual altitude above sea level.

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Flight vision systems

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Corporate pilots who had seen nothing but gray or rain outside the windshield suddenly could see the terrain, obstacles, runways, approaches, their own flightpath ahead, and even traffic in 3D. Yet suddenly, neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night would keep professional pilots on the ground – or divert them into it. million in 2022.