Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Also, none of the online Air Traffic Control (ATC) networks (like VATSIM ) work with the Xbox. These apps connect your sim to a network of real-world air traffic controllers. The controllers guide you just like their real-world equivalents. A fully customized setup is simply not possible.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

You might have come across this term while studying for your written exam, or maybe it popped up on your sectional chart during flight planning. In a TRSA, air traffic controllers offer two main services: radar traffic advisories and sequencing. Radar traffic advisories are a type of safety alert.

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Jetwhine

MARCH 18, 2024

Once he grasped the contribution made by an airliner’s flight management system and autopilot, and how it pretty much takes the airplane from Point A to Point B, he accepted the idea that airline pilots are busiest making the takeoff, landing, and taxiing to and from the gate.

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Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. The pilot was instrument rated and the flight was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan: that is, they did not have to stay visual for the flight.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Key Takeaways An aircraft dispatcher coordinates flights, ensuring safety and efficiency from the ground. This includes checking the weather, creating flight plans, and communicating with pilots. Aircraft dispatchers are also responsible for issuing flight plans. This is where aircraft dispatchers come in.

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Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Youll also dive into concepts like stall recovery, climb performance, and how airplanes stay in the air. Navigation and Flight Planning : This is all about understanding how to get from point A to point B safely. Youll learn to read airspace charts, understand GPS systems, and interpret flight plans.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Flying a light airplane offers access to thousands more airports than the airlines serve, which means you can land closer to your destination, avoid long taxi routes, and save time. To review, flying an IFR trip involves four main steps: File a flight plan (either with Flight Service or in an aviation app).

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

My first flight as a student pilot several years back was unforgettable. It was a discovery flightor disco flight, as it is sometimes calledat a small flight school near my house. It had been over 15 years since I was last in a small airplane, and to say I was excited is quite the understatement.

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Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

In many ways, aircraft dispatchers were the first air traffic controllers, particularly at busy airports. While they didnt control aircraft takeoffs and landings directly, they were responsible for providing enroute handoffs to controllers in local towers. This eliminates the need for cumbersome paper documents.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 1, 2024

Daily responsibilities include pre-flight checks, weather analysis, creating and filing flight plans, coordination with ground crews and air traffic controllers, and continuous in-flight monitoring and communication. What Defines a Commercial Pilot?

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The aircraft dispatcher must perform three main jobs while a flight is taking place. Flight Planning Thorough flight planning is important for any airline operation. Dispatchers have to plan a safe route based on multiple factors. Most airlines have preset flight plans for each route.

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Inflight Pilot Training

APRIL 9, 2024

As a private pilot, you’re able to explore the world from the comfort of your small airplane. This includes obtaining permission before entering Mexican airspace, following air traffic control instructions and complying with customs and immigration requirements.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Before entering Class C airspace, pilots must receive clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Maintaining awareness of airspace boundaries helps with the planning and carrying out of successful flights. ATC offers IFR and VFR aircraft separation services in Class C. Transponder with Mode C to report altitude.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

You might think that Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) are just about how to control and use your instruments in the aircraft, but you need more than skill–you need a rock-solid plan. IFR flight planning is about preparing for every twist and turn along the route. What Is an IFR Flight Plan?

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Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time. hours I had already put on the airplane since the repair increased my confidence that the issue was suitably managed.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

You’ve got to study from books, do tricky things in airplanes, and talk on the radio to air traffic controllers. A study schedule is like a flight plan, and you need one to help you organize, plan, and reach your goals. It’s easy to feel stressed out and not know where to start.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

I think this because whenever multiple aircraft depart Sodus bound for the same destination, we almost always pique the curiosity of air traffic control. Fueled and Ready Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 06 Jul 2024 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - CGS (College Park, MD) - SDC 5.0 What's going on at X today?"

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2024

You don’t need to check in with air traffic control (ATC) when flying VFR in Class E. It helps separate traffic at different altitudes. Class E is always in the background, making sure both VFR and IFR traffic can coexist in safety. They allow you enough clearance to see and avoid other airplanes.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Thorough pre-flight planning and continuous weather monitoring help mitigate icing risks. Understanding Icing Conditions in IFR Icing refers to the buildup of ice on aircraft surfaces while in flight. Knowing these classifications will allow you to make well-informed decisions when flight planning and while in the air.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Flying at non-towered airports can feel like stepping into a space where youre both the pilot and air traffic controller. youll need to master the basics of situational awareness, traffic patterns, and CTAF communication can make non-towered operations not only manageable but smooth and predictable.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2024

It helps break down the instructions from air traffic control into clear, easy-to-follow steps. Each letter stands for: C learance Limit R oute A ltitude F requency T ransponder Code When youre departing a busy airport on an IFR flight plan, having a system will keep you stay organized and consistent.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

New Adventures in Flight Planning and Filing I decided to test-drive my PIN and the whole FRZ process for the first time as my annual fall solo flight in October of 2023. Any flight into the FRZ requires a FRZ flight plan. change the transponder to 1200) after terminating flight following or cancelling IFR.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Talking to air traffic control (ATC) while flying IFR is challenging in the beginning, but with time and practice, you can master it! Knowing what to say, when to say it, and how to say it keeps you on track during your flight. You cant rely on visual cues to avoid other traffic – or even navigate accurately.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 9, 2024

As an aviator, I crave the novelty of these aerial vistas and compulsively fly to new places to absorb uncommon beauty streaming in through my airplane's windscreen. Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 09 July 2024 N21481 BVY (Beverly, MA) - BVY 1.2 Massive cityscapes are not, however. Boston's North End neighborhood.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 14, 2024

They’re both responsible for the safe operation of the aircraft, however the captain is the most senior pilot in the cockpit and ultimately responsible for the operation of the plane, flight planning, communicating with air traffic control and supervising crew.

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Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The aviation industry has already welcomed AI-driven technologies that enhance flight planning, streamline air traffic management, and refine cockpit operations. By catching problems early, this technology enhances safety and keeps planes in the air longer, a boon for an industry where downtime is a costly enemy.

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Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

Decades ago, when I learned to fly, it was well-known that a commercial co-pilot/first officer was allowed to occupy the right seat of a transport airplane only if they’d proven themselves subservient enough to understand that the guy in the left seat was perfectly capable of handling the airplane all by himself.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

On July 21, 2024 we departed the Rochester area in three airplanes carrying a total of ten people for an incredible view of Manhattan with lunch afterward at Hangars Cafe on the field at the Sky Acres Airport (44N). In my airplane, I was accompanied by Alyssa and Mark. Peril, indeed. What's the secret to good aerial photos?

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Air Facts

JUNE 7, 2024

We glommed onto them and that led us to start building model airplanes when we could cadge our parents into buying them. That led to our Airplane Spotters Club in his grandmother’s garden house where we made models and read about airplanes in Popular Mechanics and Flying Magazine. The Airplane Spotters Club on steroids!

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Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

The pilots, the flight attendants, and their aircraft were dispatched, flight-planned, and fueled for a trip to Edinburgh. In addition to whatever human errors catalyze such events, weather and air traffic control (ATC), to name two, can lend a hand in getting from point A to, as it were, point C.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Departure from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum At 2:30 pm, I notified museum staff that I needed to return to my airplane. But I also needed to be airborne at 3:00 pm or else amend my flight plan and arrival time with US Customs in Ogdensville, NY. Yes, I missed an opportunity for a one on one tour! I was instantly annoyed.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A pilot deviation happens when you violate an FAA regulation or an instruction from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Pre-flight planning reduces surprises and supports safer flight operations. Two mistakes you’ll want to try your best to avoid are a pilot deviation or a runway incursion.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

A Dunkin' in Jasper, GA made for makeshift flight planning space as we waited on fog to lift at Pickens County Airport. We taxied to the end of runway 34, ran the airplane up, then called Atlanta Center on the phone to get our instrument clearance from the ground. What kind of airplane is that?"

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