Aerotime

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy has suggested at her latest briefing that the Black Hawk helicopter crew may have missed a key instruction from air traffic controllers (ATC) before the crash with an American Eagle flight.

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Air Traffic Control Altimeter Cockpit Pilot 293

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Instead, they only increased altitude again after an air traffic controller warned them about a low altitude alert. Tampa’s altimeter is 30.14.” First and foremost, the air traffic controller here deserves massive kudos. Worst of all, the pilots didn’t even seem to realize what was going on.

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Air Traffic Control Altimeter Runway Weather 141

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

T – Transponder Check Your transponder, which helps air traffic control see your airplane on radar, needs to be inspected every 24 months. Without this, you can’t fly in most controlled airspace. S – Static System and Altimeter Check Pilots flying under IFR need their static system and altimeter inspected every 24 months.

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Annual Inspection VOR Federal Aviation Regulations Altimeter 52

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Thats especially true for instrument pilots, where Air Traffic Control sounds like they are running the show, the avionics seem to direct the flight along predefined routes, and the autopilot actually flies the airplane. I concentrated as never before, and the airplane tracked true as the altimeter hand crawled upward.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Depending on other traffic ahead, not least at the destination, air traffic controllers (ATC) will clear the flight to descend in stages, to be level at certain waypoints on the arrival route. This may be accompanied by the deployment of spoilers on top of the wing.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 269

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

During the final stages of the flight, air traffic control told the pilot to expect the RNAV A approach to Montgomery County. Air Traffic Control cleared him to fly directly to BEGKA, a waypoint southwest of him. The controller confirmed a descent to 3,000 feet, the minimum safe altitude for BEGKA.

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Approach Runway Descent Air Traffic Control 97

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! You cant rely on visual cues to avoid other traffic – or even navigate accurately. ATC will let you know the current altimeter setting in their reply. Altimeter 30.02

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Approach Clearance Pilot Air Traffic Control 52