Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They arent just a list of priorities in an emergency, they also neatly sum up the different roles a pilot must play, roles that used to be divided very specifically on the flight deck of an airliner. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

Hurghada Approach passed us off to Cairo Control and they refused to give us a direct to the first Saudi VOR WEJ at the east side of the Red Sea due to unknown reasons. We coasted into mainland of Saudi-Arabia near the WEJ VOR and continued onwards to Al Ula. MHz with an airliner taking off from there: that was new !

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VOR Density Altitude Approach Final Approach 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No ATC clearance is required for VFR flights below 10,000 feet. That’s higher than commercial airliners fly. They allow you enough clearance to see and avoid other airplanes. At this altitude, commercial airlines and high-speed aircraft move in and out of the clouds.

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Airspace Classes AGL VOR Weather 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. You’ll always find a steady stream of airliners queued up for departure and arrival. Due to its high elevation, Denver’s Class B airspace extends up to 12,000 feet MSL to give airliners room to descend.

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. Shouldn't he have my full clearance? I made the call before engine start.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. Cherokee Six instrument panel Like my airline job, I fly nearly paperless using an iPad Mini and the ForeFlight app for navigation charts. Santa Fe is located 6,349 feet above sea level.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Long story short, when I received my clearance that evening, it was to my originally intended BELTS waypoint.) We were cleared direct to College Park via the Westminster VOR (EMI). We reunited with Simon before making our cellphone calls to Potomac for departure clearances. Tough room. Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, PA.

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