Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Airplanes come in all shapes and sizes, and the cost of owning and operating one can vary greatly. From the inexpensive thrill of soaring in a glider to the massive expense of a commercial airliner, there is a lot to consider regarding the cost of the flight. Small single-engine airplanes are usually the most budget-friendly choice.

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Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

This means studying how all of the pieces of a system work together, not just isolated flight tests or personal preference. The system for VAOAI is pretty much all of general aviation and not just the hardware on the airplane. as it apparently originated from FAA Flight Deck Human Factors. That email was not acknowledged.

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

Good headsets enhance communication, reduce cockpit noise, and ensure comfort during long training or time-building flights. Comfort and Fit While perhaps not the top priority during relatively short flights common during the early days of training, comfort will soon be king as you embark on longer aeronautical excursions.

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Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2024

by Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Chair flying is a great, low-cost way to increase the effectiveness of your flight training. Chair flying is a technique to practice your flying skills by either sitting in the airplane on the ground, using a simulator, or sitting in front of a poster of your flight deck.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 18, 2025

We roamed the aisle to ensure that all questions were answered and that any fears were allayed before we began doing airplane things. As our friends deplaned, many stayed behind for pictures on the flight deck. I recently took two sisters we fostered years ago for their first airplane flight.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This two-day aviation and automotive celebration will offer attendees the rare opportunity to experience history firsthand through ride flights and cockpit tours aboard the meticulously restored World War II-era bomber. Tickets for ride flights and cockpit tours are now available and can be purchased online at www.b29doc.com/rides.

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

While these high-performance pro models would suit (and honestly exceed) most pilots’ needs in the cockpit, there are some other options and features worth considering when purchasing an iPad for use in aviation. ″ and will be a better fit in cockpits with tighter constraints. iPad Pro, iPad Air or iPad Mini?

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Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Ultra-Modern: Cirrus SR22 If what turns your head is a sophisticated aircraft with advanced avionics, comfortable cockpit, and safety features such as a whole-airframe parachute, consider the Cirrus SR22 series. If you’re stepping up from a slower airplane, beware of falling behind the aircraft.

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Cranky Flier

APRIL 19, 2024

Rocky Times Ahead After United Pilot Allows Cockpit Guest As if the FAA didn’t already have its hands full with United, the government is now investigating an incident that took place on United flight 3779 from Denver to Toronto last Monday, April 10.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Though it’s not as overtly revolutionary as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) or Safe Return enabled by Garmin Autoland on Cirrus’ SF50 Vision Jet, the reimagined flight deck in the new SR G7 and other improvements make a more immediate impact—because pilots benefit from them on every flight, from the moment you press the start button.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For those new to aviation or those making the leap from paper charts, there comes a point when a decision is necessary on which app to use in the cockpit. It also activates the split-screen view and displays the emergency checklist for your airplane. in the app as well.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

Is it to perfect the maneuver for the next check ride, learn how to recover the airplane after an inadvertent stall, or just avoid the whole thing in the first place? Initial Buffet How do you train for stall avoidance in an airplane that you should not stall? Why do we practice stalls? Each plane stalls a bit differently.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Learn the basic structure of an airplane while in flight school at Leopard Aviation. Contact our flight instructors today for more information about enrolling. One of the first things an aspiring pilot learns in flight school is the various sections of an aircraft. What are the basic parts of this section?

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Thats why the Flight Gear 12/24 volt retractiable charger is a must-have accessory for every airplane. Versatile and Adjustable Design Every cockpit is different, which is why this charger features a 180-degree pivoting bracket. Its a flight deck organizer, a safety tool, and a productivity enhancer all rolled into one.

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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. His team developed the concept in the late 1970s to improve “interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision-making” in aircraft flight decks.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

There’s a lot to know and the left seat of an airplane isn’t always the best place to learn it. Sporty’s comprehensive training course will help you ace your FAA written test, but it will also save you money during flight training and help you become a better pilot. Before ADS-B, we spent thousands of dollars on in-flight weather.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Advancements in technology and evolution in Crew Resource Management (CRM) have improved safety on the flight deck exponentially. Petitt earned her wings in an era when the pilot candidate was expected to virtually memorize the flight manual on any given plane. Flight For Justice! Karlene Petitt Like me, Ms.

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Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

B747-8i, B737, MD11 Contributing Writer AI-powered system could be trained to assist in the cockpit and even land the plane in extreme emergencies, such as pilot incapacitation. The flight deck has to meet certification criteria such as field of vision, ergonomic aspects, and instrumentation. By J Peter Berendsen ATP/CFI.

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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. Bombardier Aerospace This collection of apps provides eLearning, operating procedures and maintenance utilities for operators of Bombardier jet airplanes.

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Captain Laura

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sometimes airlines will close our bases so rather than uprooting our families, we choose instead to commute by airplane. Most larger aircraft has jump seats in the cockpit and in the galley. He has also put all of us pilots in precarious positions as commuters and pilots allowing jump seaters into our flight decks.

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Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Their asking price was basically the value of the airplanes. VP of Aviation Tim Edmonds (L) and Chief Pilot Chad Grabau in the cockpit of the company’s Bombardier Global 6500. Bombardier’s Vision flight deck features a head-up display that shows combined vision imagery to enhance situational awareness.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

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Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. With 296 passengers and crew onboard that day, the stakes could not have been higher.

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AV Web

JUNE 30, 2024

Ambrosi told his audience, “Some manufacturers and foreign airlines are actually working to design flight decks that replace the very safety features that averted these disasters. And bear in mind,” he continued, “if you go to a one-man cockpit, you might as well go to a zero-man cockpit. Of course, that’s insane.”

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AeroSavvy

MARCH 26, 2022

Even when painted, the plugs are still visible (they’re easier to see on dirty airplanes). DreamLifter Trivia: Only the flight deck is pressurized on this 747 conversion. Power-drive units (motorized wheels) built into the floor move ULDs into and out of the airplane. Cargo conversions have passenger windows.

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Air Facts

JULY 22, 2024

One was at the controls of an airplane alongside a CFI, and was preceded by flight planning and a preflight inspection. The participants also received a post flight debriefing. Another hour was flying a flight simulator where learning was easier without the flight deck noise and the need to look out for traffic.

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 8, 2024

In the case of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, the Cockpit Voice Recorder is highly likely to have two hours of silence, as we have no reason to believe that there was any manual control of the aircraft for the final five hours of the flight. It may also be worth looking at the length of the cockpit voice recordings.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

link] Fun Stuff and Best of Cap’n Aux Top 10 Things to Never Say to a Pilot [link] The Airline Cockpit in 7 Steps [link] Top 10 Downers of an Airline Pilot Career [link] Black Swan Event Part 1 (Video Interview with Qantas A380 Captain de Crespigny) [link] Part 2 [link] Part 3 [link] WOTR Video: It’s What Pilots Do!

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Airspeed Junkie

APRIL 4, 2022

Anything that looks like a plane, says that you fly a plane, has airplane graphics or is an actual airplane, is fair game. Flight bag Here is the scoop on flight bags today. Also keep in mind there are a lot of people that collect models of all sorts including vintage fighter airplanes. Airplane neck tie.

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Professional Pilot

JUNE 10, 2024

S enior readers probably recall risking back strain just to board their airplanes lugging a bag with up to 40 lb of charts, manuals, and miscellaneous paper. For most pilots, electronic flight bags (EFBs) have sent all that paper for recycling. Let’s take another look at the digital cockpit aids now available to corporate pilots.

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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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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A strong or soft market overall can dramatically influence any given airplanes success, quite apart from how it looks or performs. Plus, you know, the airplanes were pretty OK. Literally overnight we got eight semitruck loads of equipment outtooling, molds, and even airplanes. General aviation is driven by myriad forces.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

DECEMBER 13, 2023

However, per Title 409 CFR § 1544.219, under some circumstances, Law Enforcement Officers may be able to travel armed aboard an airplane. While a LEO’s primary mission would not be law enforcement aboard an airplane, they could , in an emergency, come to the aid of a distressed crew. LEOs and FAMs and FFDOs, oh my! Signing Off!

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 22, 2025

The turn coordinator combines two instruments into one: A rate of turn indicator A slip/skid indicator (Inclinometer) The Rate of Turn Indicator The rate of turn on a turn coordinator is represented by a small airplane symbol that rolls (rotates) right or left depending on the bank angle and the rate of turn.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The Furious had been modified before its launching with a flight deck over its bow while retaining its superstructure. After altering his course to fly ahead of Furious , he lowered his speed until he was virtually hovering over the flight deck. Pictured is Squadron Commander E.H.

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