Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. But these systems had some problems, like not being able to work over water, or if there was something in the way of the transmitter and the aircrafts receiver. This makes more airports accessible under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

When you first laid your eyes on the instruments inside an airplane, they probably went wide with a mixture of joy, confusion, and slight apprehension at the thought of having to learn how to read them. This article will explain the six primary instruments of every flight deck, often informally referred to as the six-pack.

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Pitot Tube Altimeter Instrument Flight Rules Descent 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When I had the endurance to drive 20 miles to an appointment, had good situational awareness of all the cars around me on the freeway, and when driving didn’t take 100 percent concentration, I had passed the first challenge before getting in the airplane. I told the CFII about this, and we watched those carefully during the flight.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 84

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. You might have heard pilots talking about the Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land. Usually, this is small, light aircraft used in general aviation(single-engine airplanes).

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Approach Knot Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The Legacy General Aviation Fleet The beauty of so many legacy single-engine GA aircraft is that, when cared for properly, their aluminum airframes are quite resilient and resistant to fatigue. Maybe this is due to the slide rule and drafting table generation that designed them. So, what is an aircraft owner-operator to do?

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Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot 104

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

More than once… In 2013, a Southwest 737 destined for Branson, Missouri, instead ended up at a small general aviation field nearby, touching down on a runway less than four thousand feet long. But not the same thing as two pilots taking their plane to the wrong destination. Which, I’m the first to admit, has happened.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Instrument Landing System 57

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Key Takeaways Part 91 covers general aviation with minimal restrictions. Part 91 concerns general operations and flight rules. General aviation operations fall into this categorythink of a private pilot flying with his friends or family. Part 135 regulates charter and commuter flights with stricter rules.

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Federal Aviation Regulations Pilot Instrument Landing System Approach 72