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Ten Types of Aviation Maintenance Checks

Northstar VFR

Most of these checks can even be done as the airplane is sitting at the gate because they are minimally invasive, require less tools, and take fewer maintenance personnel. Depending on the maintenance specifications required by the FAA for that airplane, these checks commonly happen after 24-60 hours of flight time.

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CEO Of The Cockpit: The Good Old Days

AV Web

The day of having random groups of ramp tramps loitering for hours and days at the local airport has passed with the coming of barb-wired fencing, unfriendly FBOs, and snooty airplane owners. Yep, old airplanes like this flown in the old way are the best. People used to smoke a lot in airplanes. He went on.

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ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

I generally knew what to expect since this was not my first time in a small airplane. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource. Stay ahead of the airplane in-flight to give yourself time to think and to free yourself for jotting down notes as needed.

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ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

I generally knew what to expect since this was not my first time in a small airplane. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource. Stay ahead of the airplane in-flight to give yourself time to think and to free yourself for jotting down notes as needed.

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. Flying within the SFRA, whether it is within the FRZ or not, requires all aircraft to broadcast an assigned transponder code. When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground.

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Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

All aircraft inside the veil must have an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out. A Mode-C transponder (automatic altitude reporting capability) inside the Mode C Veil. If flying under IFR, you’ll need a VOR or TACAN receiver, or an RNAV system (GPS). However, you will need an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out.

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

ADFs, marker beacons, and VOR receivers, each relying on a constantly shrinking population of land-based navaids, fill these dated flight decks. However, if the airplane is used for frequent IFR travel into Class B and C airports, then the full-glass panel makeover, complete with ADS-B In and Out, may be in order.

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