Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Maybe it’s the Georgia flying weather, or maybe it’s the ever-increasing emphasis on “old” pilot instead of “bold” pilot, but it seems that flight planning these days is a lot more about if and when than about route and altitude. It’s only two hours by RV-9A, but there are gotchas lurking in the flight planning.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Do I really need to use Airplane Mode on my iPad or iPhone? iPad Pilot News One of the most common questions we hear as pilots is, “Do I really need to put my phone in Airplane Mode?” Is that true in a small airplane? And what is Airplane Mode anyway? And what is Airplane Mode anyway? First, FAR 91.21

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

One of the most important skills pilots learn during flight training is sound decision making. Every flight, regardless of the complexity of the airplane or the distance of the trip, is comprised of a continuous series of decisions involving a host of variables that the pilot must make in order to safely get from point A to point B.

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Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

You then execute a 180 o descending Final Turn maintaining 175 knots to arrive wings-level one mile from the threshold on final approach at 500 AGL. At that point, you slow to the final approach speed of 155 knots, which is held until crossing the approach-end overrun where you reduce power to touch down at 130 knots.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Flight Training: Part 61: Minimum 50 hours cross-country time (as PIC) + 40 hours instrument time (actual or simulated). One cross-country flight of 250 nautical miles, including three different instrument approaches at different airports. The flight hours youll need may depend on the training path and school you select.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 29, 2025

That said, tuition in flight training is a bit of a misnomer in most cases; generally, costs can be broken down into rental costs, flight instructor fees, and the cost of various supplies. Unsurprisingly, newer airplanes with upgraded glass cockpits tend to cost more, while older aircraft with classic steam gauges tend to cost less.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead. This data can then also be loaded into the aircraft’s flight management system for aircraft performance calculations.

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Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Every flight, regardless of the complexity of the airplane or the distance of the trip, is comprised of a continuous series of decisions involving a host of variables that the pilot must make in order to safely get from point A to point B. Pilots should always be evaluating alternate airports.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Both apps have all the features and capabilities to feel right at home in the cockpit of a student pilot learning to fly, while simultaneously meeting the needs of professional pilots flying turbine airplanes. In the air, theyll notify when approaching Class, B, C or D airspace, a TFR or the Washington, D.C.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. Traffic On Runway – Alerts when approaching to land on a runway, and ForeFlight detects another aircraft on that runway. nm and +/- 1,200 ft.

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Air Facts

MARCH 28, 2025

Buffalo Hunting With Airplanes Air Facts Journal This is not a Wild West story involving Buffalo Bill. After checking the NOTAMS, the weather, and filing my flight plan, I stepped into the Intel Shop for my pre-mission briefing. The post Buffalo Hunting With Airplanes appeared first on Air Facts Journal.

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Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

PRESS RELEASE N imbl continues its quest to making manuals and safety management easier with a newly launched integration with Airplane Manager. The partnership brings enhanced efficiency and safety to flight preparation. are automatically synced between Nimbl and Airplane Manager.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you focus too much on the inside, you might overlook cues like approaching traffic, changing weather conditions, or landmarks. Here’s what to avoid: “Uh, Chicago Approach, this is Cessna, uh, 34568, we’re at about, uh, 3,000 feet, and we’d like to, uh, request permission to enter the Class Charlie airspace.”

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

Close up of the chart, showing the airport to the left, with Route 1 coming from the top and Route 4 leading to the bottom The FAA’s Helicopter Route Chart shows clearly that a helicopter following Route 4 would cross the approach path for runway 33. An aircraft descending on a 3 slope would pass this point at 300 feet.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. Soft” IFR is what you plan for, and “hard” IFR is what you might get. Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In those years, I never missed a trip as a commuter, never scratched the paint on one of our airplanes, never got an FAA violation, never injured a passenger, and never had a less than cordial conversation with the chief pilot. KMPO is an non-towered field as are several other places I fly to and from on an IFR flight plan.

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AV Web

JANUARY 8, 2025

An additional consideration exists for aircraft cruising in the flight levels. Most flight planning software will calculate the 30-45 minutes required at planned cruise flight, when more than likely you will not reach those same altitudes during a diversion. I typically cruise the airplanes IO-520 at around 13 gph.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Main Subjects Include Aeronautical knowledge and flight planning. Radio communications. Most flight schools suggest completing ground school before taking the test so that you understand the material and increase your chances of passing. Each approach comes with its own set of challenges. Lowest cost approach.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

It can also be dangerous when the learner drops the airplane to fly the checklist or radio, so practice in the ATD is often a good way to learn procedures, as the ATD is a CFI-controlled environment. To get the most out of the scenario, the learner should use the same procedures in the airplane. It’s an ATD.

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example: Pilot: Seattle Approach, Cessna November Four Five One Romeo, Two Zero miles west of Seattle VOR, at 8,000, with Sierra, to land. From there, youre free to follow your filed flight plan. Approach Calls The approach clearance is also slightly complex since it has instructions for your approach.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Air Navigation Pro This flight planning and GPS navigation app is designed for VFR pilots and offers international support, including charts for the US, Europe, South America and more. Cirrus Approach Access all your Cirrus airframe and avionics training courses in one easy-to-use mobile platform.

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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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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Was it profitable for the company?

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Flight idle and nose down, which normally produced a 2,000-3,000-feet descent rate, resulted in a 2,000-feet-per-minute climb. Airspeed was approaching VMO. Anything in the airplane not tied down floated, even dust from the flight deck carpet, then slammed to the nearest surface moments later as we were caught by the next wave.

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Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

But now, while flying in low visibility and overcast cloud layers, you have to rely on your instrumentation more than ever before and keep your eyes inside the airplane. Flight planning becomes more advanced than before, flying SIDs and STARs, and instrument approaches. When MUST I Plan for an Alternate?

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

.” It works on both airplanes. I get the same kick pouring on the coal and taking off in any airplane and feel just as good when I slick one on, or just as unsettled when I klunk one. So they are both airplanes. That’s why so many airline pilots are private pilots too and own airplanes. It’s in freedom.

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iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store. LiveATC provides over 1,000 live audio feeds from all over the world of towered airport, approach and ARTCC frequencies. LiveATC Air Radio is available for $3.99

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Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

As I went through the preflight inspection, my wife strapped my daughter into the car seat and climbed into the airplane herself. With a little forward pressure on the yoke, I was able to keep the airplane on the runway to continue picking up airspeed as we arrived at my target of 60 knots for takeoff. Approach switched me to Tower.

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iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store. LiveATC provides over 1,000 live audio feeds from all over the world of towered airport, approach and ARTCC frequencies. LiveATC Air Radio is available for $3.99

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iPad Pilot News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This includes new flight training scenarios developed in collaboration with Sporty’s , new curated challenges, SimBrief integration, a reworked Cessna 208 Caravan, Human ATC and more. Try your hand at flying the Mach Loop or the visual approach into Paro. Let’s dive right in. Latest Updates (version 24.3

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Flight Training Central

JULY 26, 2024

From NASA’s Aviation Reporting System, CALLBACK Flying…on an IFR flight plan last night, it was overcast at 12,000 feet and very dark.… I was heading 290 degrees getting vectors for the ILS approach.… Approach told me to turn left to 250 degrees. I had descended from 8,000 feet and was level at 3,000 feet.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A code is reserved for use in the Mode S radar/ADS-B environment, where the air vehicle identification is used to correlate the flight plan instead of the Mode A code. 1200 Visual flight rules (VFR) flight. IFR flights could also get a discrete transponder code assigned when you activate the flight plan.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Last summer I had the golden opportunity to fly a single-engine airplane, not once, but twice, round trip to Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. As I started to plan it, I thought about the concept of SRM and set some ground rules for myself. In solid IFR, it was time for Plan B. It was time to divert.

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ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

Part 2 : Heraklion, Greece – Hurghada, Egypt It took 30 minutes longer on the ground in Heraklion, Crete, Greece (LGIR) than expected : something with the flight plans to Egypt. In the meanwhile, two Cessna 208 caravans came in : one was a brand new airplane delivered from its factory in Wichita towards Australia (I think).

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As we approached the small cloud, Frank said we were too close, seeing no sign of lighting at all. Picking the airport close to the racetrack was smart but, in the excitement, we forgot to close said flight plan and we heard about that mistake when we landed back home. He told us it was a flight they would never forget.

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Air Facts

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

I’ve modified this a bit over the last decade as datalink weather has become standard equipment in basically every airplane I fly (whether it’s in the panel or on my iPad). A solid line of towering cumulus clouds, on the other hand, can signal a squall line or fast-moving front that no airplane wants to tangle with.

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