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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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 279

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

You have a flight planned from Currituck Co. What additional equipment is your airplane required to have, if any? Is the flight legal if the ADS-B system on your airplane was marked inoperative in the maintenance log? No - ADS-B Out equipment must be operational for all flights in the U.S. Datalink weather.

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Transponder Airplanes Flight Plan Weather 105

AV Web

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Most coverage of “small airplane” events leaves out the make and model of the aircraft, but they are sure to mention that the pilot did not file a flight plan even if he was flying in the local pattern when the incident occurred. Of course, no media member I know of knows what a flight plan is or how it works.

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General Aviation Airplanes Cargo Flight Plan 105

iPad Pilot News

MAY 3, 2024

This technology has grown significantly since then and is incorporated into nearly all retrofit avionics and in every new airplane coming off the line. In addition to offering two-way flight plan syncing, most systems can wirelessly transmit ADS-B weather and traffic info from the panel to compatible iPad apps.

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Transponder Weather Flight Plan Pilot 98

Flying Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

If you are operating on an IFR flight plan, you should have at least one of these. It will be like Whac-a-Mole with airplanes. READ MORE: What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane? Remember, you are requesting an approach when you file your flight plan.

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Approach Weather NOTAMs Flight Plan 93

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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Lift Airfoil Knot Airplanes 98

Air Facts

APRIL 15, 2024

It also matches the gut feel of many pilots, who are sharing the pattern with more airplanes than five or ten years ago. The training boom The most obvious driver of increased GA activity is flight training, and sure enough, the data show that it’s up significantly. These turbine airplanes work hard, too. Business jets flew 5.24

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Airplanes Pilot Jet Flight Plan 90

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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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

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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Ceiling Pilot Weather Approach 98

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As with a large percentage of in-flight breakups involving high-performance aircraft, they most often involve wing-spar failure. That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. local time, roughly three hours into the flight.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 105

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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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 96

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As with a large percentage of in-flight break-ups involving high-performance aircraft, they most often involve wing-spar failure. That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 98

Jetwhine

JUNE 10, 2024

The 87-page Private Pilot, Airplane: ACS-6C is way different than the comparatively skimpy practical test standards I faced in June 1976. For example, making the transition from old school paper and pencil cross-country flight planning for Task D. There is also an updated ACS Companion Guide for Pilots. Isn’t that a compass?

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Checkride Airplanes Descent Flight Plan 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

2] However, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) uses “accidents per 100,000 flight hours.” fatalities per 100,000 flight hours. [3] 3] Considering there are many more cars than airplanes, what do these statistics mean for GA? Fuel exhaustion is frequently caused by poor flight planning.

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General Aviation Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes Pilot 105

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 28, 2024

The carrier’s plan was to start taking delivery of this jet as of early in the third quarter, with the inaugural A350 flight planned for September 15, 2024, between Dubai (DXB) and Bahrain (BAH). I of course can’t guarantee that will be the inaugural, but it’s the first flight that I see in the schedule as of now.

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Flight Plan Airplanes Airline Airlines 111

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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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 92

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

It was not long before he had earned his license and bought his first airplane, a Cessna 140. All of this was done with absolutely no flight plan!” The airplane shuddered under the fire. It was just a great airplane. One day Bill and I had planned on taking a DC-3 out flying for a while.

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Cockpit Cargo Airplanes Pilot 116

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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Weather Airplanes Lift Flight Plan 75

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. Infinite Flight plans to continually develop the Missions page and keep the user flying in rare scenarios. Let’s dive right in.

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Flight Plan Pilot Airplanes Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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. Unless contact with the ground is imminent, slow to maneuvering speed and let the airplane ride the wave. Nose up but descending fast. Use your resources.

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Turbulence Weather Knot Descent 89

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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Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

1: According to 14 CFR Part 107, the remote pilot in command (PIC) of a small unmanned aircraft planning to operate within Class C airspace: A. Is required to file a flight plan C. 1: When operating an unmanned airplane, the remote pilot should consider that the load factor on the wings may be increased any time that the: A.

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Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Aeronautical Decision-Making Density Altitude 114

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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Weather Flight Plan Cargo Pilot 98

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. It also activates the split-screen view and displays the emergency checklist for your airplane.

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Pilot Weather Flight Plan Approach 52

Northstar VFR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Not only are we making checks on equipment and systems, but we’re also confirming our proficiency to fly the airplane. Before you start checking for correct operation of the systems, you need to verify that the airplane is airworthy. Even in flight, these considerations are constantly evaluated.

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Pilot Weather Checkride Annual Inspection 76

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.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

iPad Pilot News

AUGUST 6, 2024

You can search for a flight number from the Airports or Maps screens, and ForeFlight will load the filed flight plan as the active route. Plane Finder – Plane Finder includes both basic flight tracking capabilities and a few cutting-edge features designed to take advantage of the latest iPhone hardware.

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Airplanes Flight Plan Weather Pilot 52

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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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97

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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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Ceiling Approach Weather 52

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. Here are our top ten favorite apps for student pilots: 10. The Pilot Training app is also available for Android , AppleTV, AndroidTV , FireTV and RokuTV.

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Pilot Flight Computer Aeronautical Information Manual Weather 98

Air Facts

AUGUST 19, 2024

When I first moved back to Fargo after living elsewhere for quite a while—Fargoans call it “living abroad”—I asked the Fargo airport manager how much it would cost per month to tie down my airplane on the ramp. I was flying along at 14,000 feet toward Fargo on an IFR flight plan, fat dumb and happy. Better yet, don’t.

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Pilot Flight Plan Cockpit Knot 97

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.… During the turn, I noticed bright lights ahead and at first, thought it was an airplane very close above me at 12 o’clock flying in the opposite direction.… Check your altitude.”

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Airplanes Approach Descent Cockpit 52

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. Here are our top ten favorite apps for student pilots: 10. The Pilot Training app is also available for Android , AppleTV, AndroidTV , FireTV and RokuTV.

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Pilot Flight Computer Aeronautical Information Manual Weather 96

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

A pit stop at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (KCRE) was planned, and after a weather briefing, I filed an IFR flight plan. I queried ATC about when to expect the approach clearance and was informed that the Saratoga had appeared to land but the pilot hadn’t contacted ATC to close his IFR flight plan.

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Descent Approach Weather AGL 98

iPad Pilot News

MAY 14, 2024

This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan). The AC “is intended only to provide clarity.” Our suggestion?

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Pilot Federal Aviation Regulations Cockpit Weather 105

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Many such laborer-produced airplanes (at the least) — including more than one from this collection — were found to have pleas for help scrawled in Hebrew on the inner surfaces of the skin. x It was turned over to the flight team of Colonel Harold E. Army’s 54th Air Disarmament Squadron, whose Master Sgt.

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Flight Plan Airplanes Pilot 122

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

But in an airplane, especially in low visibility, you can’t rely on those usual reference points. The movement of the airplane can confuse your body’s senses, making it hard to tell which way you’re going. When you level the airplane, it feels like you’re turning the other way, making you want to lean back into the original turn.

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