Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Thats especially true for instrument pilots, where Air Traffic Control sounds like they are running the show, the avionics seem to direct the flight along predefined routes, and the autopilot actually flies the airplane. In the cockpit of a modern GA airplane, there is probably only one person to do all of these jobsyou!

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The longest runways had front course and back course ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) and an on-field VOR that provided navigation and approach capabilities for aircraft on instrument flights. In the 70s, enroute navigation was usually on VOR Airways (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio). The Tower had no radar.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Flying a single engine airplane, under IFR, in the clouds, in a non-radar environment and without an autopilot, adds a great deal to the pilots work load. With three airplanes, we departed Springfield for Fairfield, Iowa to compete in an NIFA competition against five other schools. This was the situation on Friday, December 1, 1972.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

AV Web

JANUARY 23, 2025

Photo By Pat Doyle One of my favorite photos of one of the coolest airplanes! Photo By Brian Buck Taken at 6,000 feet between Sandhills (SDZ) VOR and KCAE. Photo By Doug Eatman A Stewart Headwind and a Bonanza return together from a morning breakfast run to Okeechobee. 40 miles Northwest of Reno, NV at 13,900 MSL.

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VOR Airplanes 98

iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 21, 2025

requests detailed information about your airplane’s navigation, communication, surveillance (transponder) and survival equipment. Here, we will look at the information needed and some sample airplane configurations to help make this initial setup easier. Take your time and be thorough with your airplane’s assessment.

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Flight Plan Transponder VOR Airplanes 105

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Demise of the Airway Beacon System: 1940s 1950s With the introduction of advanced radio navigation aids like VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) and ILS (Instrument Landing System) in the 1940s and 1950s, the Airway Beacon System began to lose its importance. Most issues regarding airport beacons are related to misidentification.

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VOR Pilot Instrument Landing System Weather 64

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 109

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Here are the five most often missed questions from November 2024 on the simulated Instrument Rating Airplane Knowledge Test. At which altitude and location on V573 would you expect the navigational signal of the HOT VOR/DME to be unreliable? Let’s get to the quiz! Refer to figure 34.) 6,000 feet at ELMMO intersection.

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Clearance VOR NOTAMs Descent 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Subscribe Now Featured A) Two Radials Depicted From the STL VOR, there are two radials depicted that intersect with the final approach path—the R-144 and the R-194. Transitioning from the TOY VOR is also a heavy line radial along the R-261 and notes that no procedure turn would be needed (NoPT).

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VOR Final Approach NDB Approach 57

Plane and Pilot

JULY 16, 2024

The written exam, known as the PAR (private pilot airplane) or PPL written, is a multiple-choice timed knowledge test. Although the test is challenging, the PAR (Private Pilot Airplane) written exam has a 90 percent pass rate with an average score of 82 percent, according to the FAA’s 2023 statistics report.

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Density Altitude Pilot Center of Gravity VOR 79

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). These would guide them when they couldn’t see anything outside their airplane. The satellites then send the corrected signals back to your airplane.

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Approach Pilot Descent Airplanes 52

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

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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Annual Inspection VOR Instrument Flight Rules Altimeter 65

AV Web

JULY 7, 2024

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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Cockpit Airplanes VOR Transponder 75

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The VOR was useless, so I was now flying IFD (I Follow Directions) zig zagging across the country getting new vectors from time to time. He recounted that they had entered the clouds and leveled at 7,000 feet but the airplane started climbing at 500 FPM. I was advised to just follow the light area in the clouds above us also.

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Weather Airplanes VOR Runway 96

AV Web

JUNE 6, 2024

After flying “several miles” toward the assigned VOR, the Bonanza began a tight right turn to 213 degrees and its rate of descent began to increase, ultimately reaching as high as 15,000 feet per minute.

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AV Web

JUNE 6, 2024

After flying “several miles” toward the assigned VOR, the Bonanza began a tight right turn to 213 degrees and its rate of descent began to increase, ultimately reaching as high as 15,000 feet per minute.

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VOR Approach Descent Tail 75

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. Luckily for you and me, they are specifically designed to be intuitive, requiring only a tiny amount of information to decipher.

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Pitot Tube Altimeter Instrument Flight Rules Descent 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

You can use the CDI with navigation aids like VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) or GPS. We wont explain technical details, so you may not understand the example if you havent used a VOR. Imagine were flying an HSI-equipped airplane away from VOR. Q: What is the difference between a VOR and a HSI?

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VOR Cockpit Altimeter Weather 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The many analyses and videos on these topics have been done in what can best be described as laboratory conditions—carefully selected ideal conditions of pilot, airplane, and environment. The instructor was able to complete the turn, but the airplane overshot the runway. The engine problem was unaddressed carburetor ice.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

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.

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Pilot Weather Checkride Annual Inspection 73

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

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. Something as simple as a disabled aircraft could you force you to an alternate airport.

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Ceiling Weather Approach Flight Plan 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2024

They allow you enough clearance to see and avoid other airplanes. Victor Airways Many low-altitude Victor Airways (VORs), also known as highways in the sky, run through Class E airspace. These airways help guide IFR and VFR aircraft from one navaid/VOR to another.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 23, 2024

Pre-flight briefings should include studying associated material, “chair” flying at home and “tie-down” flying in the airplane. Sitting in the airplane (with permission) when it’s not being used is a fantastic way to practice. Leave the master switch off and just simulate everything in your head.

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VOR Approach Airplanes Runway 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

Most holding fixes are NAVAIDs such as VORs, RNAV (GPS) waypoints, and even ILS markers. When VORs are used as holding fixes, the fix is usually a specific DME distance on a particular radial. If the VOR doesn’t have DME capability, it will be the intersection between two radials from two separate VORs.

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VOR Crosswind Pilot Approach 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

A kneeboard is like a lap desk you use in the airplane. Courtesy: Sporty’s Pilot Shop] Kneeboard A kneeboard is like a lap desk you use in the airplane. Make sure you put your name on yours and that the pipette/gauge is the correct one to use for the fuel tanks on the airplane you fly.

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Flight Computer Pilot Airplanes VOR 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Non-precision approaches (such as a localizer, VOR, LNAV, or NDB) use a Maltese cross for the FAF. Precision approaches (such as ILS) use a jagged arrow to mark the FAF. This is the point where you should intercept the ILS glideslope. At this point you should start descending to the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA).

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Approach Descent Runway Final Approach 52

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

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

These paths guide the airplane safely during its descent. Key Differences Between MDA, DA, and DH (Decision Height) There are two kinds of minimum altitudes for two kinds of approaches: MDA (Minimum Descent Altitude) : Used in non-precision approaches like VOR or some GPS approaches. These don’t give vertical guidance.

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Altimeter Descent Approach Runway 52

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Large turbine engine powered airplanes are not permitted to operate below the Class B airspace when en route to or from the primary airport within the airspace. IFR operations require an operable VOR or TACAN receiver or a suitable RNAV system. An ATC clearance is required for operations within Class B airspace.

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Indicated Airspeed Airspace Classes Clearance Pilot in Command 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. 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 69

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

We were assigned a slightly ridiculous alteration to the route I filed: MANCH T316 LAMMS T608 ROC that had us flying past Sodus to the Rochester VOR before setting up for Sodus. Once on with Syracuse, I decided to rectify the inefficient routing at the end of my instrument clearance and requested direct to Sodus from the Syracuse VOR.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Always have a backup (ILS/VOR). Most importantly, you must consider potential system failures and have a contingency plan (ILS or VOR). VNAV Benefits Stabilized approaches. Reduced pilot workload. Better fuel management. Quick Tips Poor visibility? Plan for holding or missed approaches. What about the limitations?

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Approach Descent Weather VOR 52

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 5, 2024

You can quickly switch to airplane mode, launch the calculator for a fuel computation, enable dark mode or lock the screen from changing orientation when rotated. We had some fun with it on a flight converging with a FedEx Boeing 767 over a VOR in Tennessee, to record ForeFlight traffic alert colors.

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Drag VOR Airplanes Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example: Pilot: Seattle Approach, Cessna November Four Five One Romeo, Two Zero miles west of Seattle VOR, at 8,000, with Sierra, to land. For example, ATC: Fly runway heading until two miles from Kennedy VOR, then turn right, heading one zero zero. If you have weather information Charlie, then you say youre with Charlie.

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Approach Clearance Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

A few years ago, I got the bug to fly small airplanes again. We fly our new-to-us Piper to Florida often (the airplane could probably find Orlando on its own), and we agreed it was time for something more adventurous. Our Aircraft Our family’s airplane is a 1976 Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Does it have GPS, INS, or VOR systems? The weather is used to plan the route, calculate the cruising altitude, and more. You will then have to focus on the aircraft’s navigation equipment. Depending on the navigation equipment, you’ll plan the flight’s route. You must know about airspace restrictions, bad weather, and other considerations.

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Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Youll also dive into concepts like stall recovery, climb performance, and how airplanes stay in the air. Ground school teaches you how to read airspace charts, calculate routes, and use tools like VORs (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and GPS to navigate.

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