Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Our NIFA team of pilots would travel to other colleges and compete in sanctioned competition involving precise navigation, pre-flight inspections, accuracy landings, and simulated bomb drops into a barrel from 100 AGL feet using bean bags as bombs. In the school of hard knocks, this would turn out to be one of the hardest knocks of all.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. It might be no greater than 6 knots with gusts to 10 mph. Then the CFI should increase the winds so they are 10 knots (or more) above the demonstrated crosswind component. Next, introduce the VOR. It’s just a few minutes, right?

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 111

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

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. It consists of two independent components VOR and TACAN.

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Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

If flying under IFR, you’ll need a VOR or TACAN receiver, or an RNAV system (GPS). This effectively limits traffic in Class B to 250 knots due to 14 CFR § 91.117(a). Traffic flying under a shelf or through a VFR corridor needs to stay below 200 knots. You’ll also have to limit your speed to 200 knots, obeying 14 CFR § 91.117(c).

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 52

Flight Training Central

APRIL 29, 2024

They are generally established below 10,000′ MSL for operations at speeds above 250 knots. MTR’s with segments above 1,500′ AGL are identified by a three-digit number. MTR’s flown entirely below 1,500′ AGL are identified by a four-digit number. If you see this, you should immediately contact ATC.

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Clearance AGL NOTAMs Pilot 111