iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights iPad Pilot News The iPad is an engaging visual tool, but many pilots forget about its many audio uses. Many pilots may not realize that ForeFlight also provides audio alerts with these notifications. Here’s a rundown of what you might hear.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Ground reference maneuvers aim to train you to accurately control your airplane under various wind conditions. Think of them as the lessons where you learn to master wind correction, aircraft control, and situational awareness all critical skills for a safe and proficient pilot. Remember to be mindful of anyone on the ground.

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Crosswind Airplanes Aileron Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 21, 2025

Takeoff, landing, and stall speeds listed in the Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) / Pilots Operating Handbook (POH) are IAS and do not normally vary with altitude or temperature. You can find the calibrated airspeed for your airplane in the calibration chart of the aircraft manual. A pilot can find TAS by two methods.

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Calibrated Airspeed True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Groundspeed 93

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. It was fun doing over 200 knots groundspeed over Rawlings until I realized a solid wall of thunderstorms had formed between me and home, and there were 35 knot winds below. In a 172, near vertical takeoffs and landings are fun! What to do?

Knot 98

Knot Crosswind Rudder Turbulence 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As a relatively new pilot , I had failed to see the bigger picture. As a mountain-bred pilot, I’ve always enjoyed observing the ridges and valleys from on high and low. Unless contact with the ground is imminent, slow to maneuvering speed and let the airplane ride the wave. That day was different. Nose up but descending fast.

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Turbulence Weather Knot Descent 95

Flight Training Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The airplane will be flown at 1,000’ AGL parallel to and at an equal distance from the field boundaries – about ½ – ¾ miles from the boundary as you would fly a traffic pattern. The entry into the maneuver should be accomplished downwind as you would enter the traffic pattern where groundspeed will be the greatest.

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Groundspeed Crosswind Aileron Rudder 52

iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Top Apple Watch features and apps for pilots iPad Pilot News The Apple Watch has come a long way since the first version was released over seven years ago. Logten Pro This is a great addition for pilots using LogTen Pro as a digital logbook. When on the go, you can use the GPS feature to find the nearest weather station image.

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Pilot Altimeter Weather NOTAMs 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

A circling approach is one that, by dwindling numbers and its inherent design, forces the pilot(s) into a seldom used and high-risk evolution–often migrating us to an unexpected and seldom visited zip code of the threat/error management neighborhood. A perfectly good airplane with everything operating as expected.

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

During these events, it’s quite common for a pilot to walk up and ask me about how I handled my most challenging flight as it relates to weather. I don’t have such a story since I am always diligent about minimizing my exposure to adverse weather when I am the pilot in command (PIC). Courtesy: NOAA] Which Route to Choose?

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Weather Wind Shear Clearance Turbulence 111

Air Facts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Flying to Sun ‘n Fun 2024 Air Facts Journal I’ve been flying since 1994 if you don’t count model airplanes, rockets, balsa wood and tissue paper rubber band powered models, control line, radio controlled (R/C) model aircraft and gliders. Back in the late 90s the FBO at the time (Atlantic) had crew cars for transient pilots.

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Weather Knot Ceiling Turbulence 98

Air Facts

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This was the actual conversation that started the journey for this green commercial pilot. The year was 2017, and I was two months into my first pilot job flying skydivers in the C182 at a small Canadian drop zone, when my boss approached me with this question. “What?

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Weather Approach Knot VFR On Top 98

Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Even the best of pilots can mess up sometimes. But for new pilots, it can be tough to figure out where it all went wrong. A stabilized approach requires the pilot to establish and maintain a constant angle glidepath towards an aiming point. You can find them in the Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) or the owner’s manual.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

It involved an in-flight breakup, and the pilot was a doctor. That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 103

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

It involved an in-flight breakup; and the pilot was a doctor. That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 94

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The 58-year-old pilot had about 7,000 hours of flight time, built up as a respected Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter pilot and United Airlines first officer. That day, he was solo in a 1996 Extra EA-300L single-engine unlimited competition aerobatic airplane. At times, the airplane was less than 200 feet above ground level.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Groundspeed 70

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The pilots decided to make an emergency landing in Winnipeg until, just moments later, the right engine also gave out. If you were the pilot in the cockpit, what would you do? This scenario is known as a deadstick landing , where a pilot must land an aircraft without engine power. Do you know why?

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Pilot Descent Approach Thrust 59

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The tower frequency had been near silent, with only the occasional pilot checking in, curtly told, “Airport is closed, emergency in progress.” A drone was used to locate the airplane and steer two airboats to the crash site.

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Knot Runway Pilot Groundspeed 88

iPad Pilot News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

How to use the Sentry Plus advanced features iPad Pilot News Portable ADS-B receivers have become essential gear for most pilots flying with an iPad these days, providing ADS-B traffic/weather and GPS navigation. The post How to use the Sentry Plus advanced features first appeared on iPad Pilot News.

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Groundspeed Knot Airplanes Pilot 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Warrior has introduced countless people to the joys of light airplanes. That said, you earned your Private Pilot Certificate and Instrument Rating back in SoCal, as the local pilot’s fondly refer to that part of the country. East Coast airplanes don’t belong in Colorado, unless your plans always take you East of I-25.

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Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The 58-year-old pilot had about 7,000 hours of flight time, built up as a respected Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter pilot and United Airlines first officer. That day, he was solo in a 1996 Extra EA-300L single-engine unlimited competition aerobatic airplane. At times, the airplane was less than 200 feet above ground level.

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Descent Airplanes Knot Groundspeed 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

We live at an airpark, and the airplanes are steps from my kitchen. My Sonex cruises about 130 mph at this power setting, but headed southeast into the wind I am losing an easy 15 mph on my groundspeed. I make the calls out of the obligation of being a responsible pilot. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

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Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Landing an airplane is not easy, even for experienced pilots. Why Crosswind Landings Aren’t Easy Ideally, pilots want the wind to hit the aircraft dead on the nose while landing. A headwind lowers groundspeed , making landing easier. If the pilot makes no corrections, the aircraft gets blown off the runway centerline.

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Crosswind Longitudinal Axis Aileron Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The tower frequency had been near silent, with only the occasional pilot checking in, curtly told, “Airport is closed, emergency in progress.” A drone was used to locate the airplane and steer two airboats to the crash site.

Knot 52

Knot Runway Pilot Groundspeed 52

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. 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. RNAV 24 at KCPC.

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Descent Approach Weather AGL 98

Air Facts

MARCH 10, 2025

In Defense of the Paper Nav Log Air Facts Journal We’ve all heard the stereotypes about the way age affects the abilities of student pilots. Their peripheral vision and hand-eye coordination barely work for pickleball, let alone landing an airplane.” For a mid-life pilot, this seems like a criminal waste of time.

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Checkride Density Altitude Calibrated Airspeed True Airspeed 52