iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

Eventually, the FAA’s Flight Technology group acknowledged the benefits of flying with datalink weather in the cockpit and released Advisory Circular 00-63A in 2014. For example, ground-based systems that require a line of sight may have relatively limited coverage below 5,000 feet above ground level (AGL).

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Weather AGL Flight Deck Pilot 59

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He only needed a glide ratio of 14:1 to reach the airfield to arrive at a typical pattern altitude of 1,000 ft AGL. At this point he still had an altitude of 8,275 ft MSL, i.e. 2,739 ft AGL. This is consistent with Rick’s report, which referenced 9 knots of wind. His altitude was 1339 AGL and his ground speed was 92 kts.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

My eyes were busy: inside the cockpit, watching, monitoring, and checking that chart; and outside the cockpit, searching for a first glimpse of our new destination. Then, descending through just a few hundred feet AGL, and a few hundred yards from the end of the runway, the turbulence diminished. There wasn’t much talk.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. With nothing to lose, at a little over 1,000 feet agl, I started a turn to the left, looking for a place to land.

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Runway Threshold Approach AGL 66

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Also, from when I lived out West, there was the mountaintop clearance guideline—1,000 feet for every 10 knots of wind, with 30 knots meaning no-go. But if I was going VFR over strange territory, I would want lots more than 1,000 feet agl. That maxim doesn’t seem as well-known in the East, however.

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Airplanes Weather Ceiling Turbulence 89

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Down low, maximum speeds can easily exceed 425 knots. built fighter jet—including the narrow and mildly pressurized (4 psi) cockpit. At 90 knots I ease the stick back and we’re through 140 knots with gear and flaps coming up before I know it. My 200-knot steep turns begin at 14,500 feet with gentle banks.

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Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

But the engineering behind the G7 didn’t wring a few more knots from the carbon fiber airframe by tweaking fairings or FIKI panels. ISA, sea level, flaps 100%) [Stephen Yeates] Cockpit at a Glance A. The team accomplished the most recent speed mods in the last G6 version we flew (“We Fly: Cirrus SR22T 8000,” March 2021). Obs: 1,868 ft.

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Pilot Airplanes Approach Jet 111