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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

There’s even an alert for weight and balance when your center of gravity is out of limits. IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and 3000′ ft.

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MightyFly Obtains ‘Industry First’ FAA Flight Corridor Approval in California

Flying Magazine

The firm’s March approval, which it obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, includes a COA authorizing a flight corridor up to 5,000 feet agl between New Jerusalem and Byron airports. The company is working with the Air Force and its Air Mobility Command to develop ALMS.

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Types of Pilot Licenses Explained (Student, Recreational, Private, Commercial, ATP, and more)

Pilot Institute

You may pilot aircraft with a Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) of 1320 pounds, carry no more than one passenger, and fly only during the daytime up to 10,000 feet MSL (or 2,000 AGL). Furthermore, you may fly only Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) and youre not eligible for additional ratings.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

AGL Above Ground Level AGL is simply a way to tell the basis from which any given height or altitude is measured. Simply put, 400 feet AGL means that the 400 feet is measured from the underlying ground surface above the specific airspace. This is as opposed to other altitude measurements, such as AMSL or above mean sea level.

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What Are Common Part 107 Test Questions?

Flying Magazine

You should expect to see questions that show you understand what happens when you change an aircraft’s balance, stability, and center of gravity. 1: To avoid a possible collision with a manned airplane, you estimate that your small UA climbed to an altitude greater than 600 feet agl. There is only one task.

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How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Pilot Institute

This tendency is due to their high center of gravity and heavy engine over the nose wheel. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. In extreme cases, a nose-over can occur.

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Stupid Pilot Tricks

AV Web

The pilot reported that he was too high and fast crossing the threshold 70 feet above ground level (AGL) at 90 mph. Halfway down the runway the airplane was about 30 feet AGL at a speed of about 45 mph, and oscillating 20 degrees either side of center. Post-almost-flight investigation proved embarrassing. Other than that, what?

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