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Pilot’s Guide to Airspace

Flight Training Central

You’ll typically see lots of airline traffic in Class B airspace, usually heaviest around pushes as an airline lands or departs many of its airplanes close together. It typically extends to 4,000′ AGL. indicated airspeed within four nautical miles of the primary airport, at or below 2,500′ AGL.

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‘Out of Gas in Air. God Help Us’

Plane and Pilot

The airplane was his 1964 Cessna 172 E, white with blue and yellow trim. For a non-instrument-rated pilot in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, the blanket of white was unflyable. The airplane then entered a tight left turn and traveled to the north,” the NTSB reported. “The The passenger texted.

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‘Out of Gas in Air. God Help Us’

Plane and Pilot

The airplane was his 1964 Cessna 172 E, white with blue and yellow trim. For a non-instrument-rated pilot in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, the blanket of white was unflyable. The airplane then entered a tight left turn and traveled to the north,” the NTSB reported. “The The passenger texted.

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Choosing an IFR Alternate Airport

Northstar VFR

But now, while flying in low visibility and overcast cloud layers, you have to rely on your instrumentation more than ever before and keep your eyes inside the airplane. Ceiling 600 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (B) Ceiling 800 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (2) Stay ahead of the airplane and be safe!

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Long Trips & Small Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

The route is simple, GPS direct, but…there’s my personal 1,000-foot en route ceiling requirement, and those silly Smoky Mountains. But if I was going VFR over strange territory, I would want lots more than 1,000 feet agl. The 1,000-foot en route ceiling means that approach minimums never come into question.

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Flight Sims for the Win: It’s All About Repetition and Drill

Flying Magazine

It can also be dangerous when the learner drops the airplane to fly the checklist or radio, so practice in the ATD is often a good way to learn procedures, as the ATD is a CFI-controlled environment. To get the most out of the scenario, the learner should use the same procedures in the airplane. It’s an ATD. What could go wrong?

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My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

KCPC was reporting IFR conditions with a 700’ ceiling and one mile visibility. This necessitated slowing the airplane down to leave the vertical space to descend another 2,000’ to reach the initial approach fix (IAF) at 2,000′ I requested a descent to the IAF altitude of 2,000’ but was only cleared to 3,000’. RNAV 24 at KCPC.

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