Thrust Flight

JULY 24, 2024

Like its partner in crime, the altimeter, your airspeed indicator gives you vital information about the plane you’re flying. In this article, we’re going to compare indicated airspeed with true airspeed and help you get a deeper understanding of the difference between the two.

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Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Altimeter Thrust 52

Northstar VFR

JULY 28, 2023

Before discussing the different types of altitude, let's discuss the one common thing every pilot uses in reference to altitude: The altimeter. An altimeter is standard in every aircraft, and its sole job is to inform the pilot of how high in the sky they are. What is standard weather? If you set 29.92 It’s really that simple.

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Density Altitude Altimeter True Altitude Weather 52

Northstar VFR

JUNE 2, 2024

Indicated altitude is the altitude read directly off the altimeter. If you set the altimeter to the standard 29.92, you can read the pressure altitude off of the altimeter. Let’s take KBJC’s field elevation of 5,673 and say the altimeter setting was 30.10. Pressure altitude is corrected for non-standard temperature.

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Density Altitude Altimeter OAT Pilot 62

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Determine the pressure altitude at an airport that is 1,300 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 29.6. Becoming airborne before reaching recommended takeoff speed. Settling to the surface abruptly during landing. 1,000 feet MSL 1,525 feet MSL 1,600 feet MSL Correct! twice the length of the wingspan above the surface.

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Density Altitude Knot Ground Effect True Airspeed 105

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

A: ALTIMETER/PILOT STATIC INSPECTION (FAR 91.411) If flying under IFR, an aircraft’s static system, altimeter and automatic Mode C altitude-reporting system must be inspected within the preceding 24 calendar months. The “100 hour inspection” is very similar to the annual inspection of the airframe, powerplant, and propeller.

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Annual Inspection VOR Instrument Flight Rules Altimeter 60

Flight Training Central

APRIL 15, 2024

What does your altimeter say to start the maneuver? Prepare beforehand by teaching the maneuver and chair fly to reinforce. 3) Chair Fly Visualize! Imagine the feel, sight, and sound of the maneuver from a quiet place at home. See your visual landmark in front of you. Make it as vivid and real as possible.

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Weather Altimeter Airplanes Cockpit 98

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The T-54A is a pressurized turboprop with state-of-the-art avionics, including multifunction displays with a digital moving map, an integrated GPS/inertial navigation system, ADS-B, a flight management system, weather radar, radar altimeter, and a cockpit data recorder. READ MORE: U.S.

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Altimeter Cockpit Weather Pilot 95

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

First, the airplane is more stable in pitch than bank and, if you are a typical VFR pilot, you refer to the altimeter more than to the heading indicator. As the airspeed approaches the desired airspeed, the airspeed indicator becomes the primary power instrument and the altimeter is primary for pitch.

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Descent Altimeter Airplanes Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The altimeter will tell us how much height we’ve gained, but estimating how fast the needles are turning (or the tape is sliding past) is a lousy way to tell how fast the altitude is changing. …Let’s stop and think a minute about ‘trading off airspeed and altitude.’

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Airplanes Pilot Descent Altimeter 90

Jetwhine

MARCH 4, 2024

Minimum equipment shall include a table for plotting, a drift meter or absolute altimeter, an instrument for taking visual bearings, and a radio direction finder.”) (Good luck trying to find, let alone rent an airplane for the flight test: “An applicant will provide an aircraft in which celestial observations can be taken in all directions.

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Weather Altimeter Flight Plan Airplanes 52

Northstar VFR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Before flying, a pilot must verify these inspections have been performed by looking in the maintenance logs.

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Pilot Weather Checkride Operating Limitations 68

CockPit Conversation

JULY 27, 2017

There are no controllers, but there is highly trained person in the tower, dispensing altimeter settings, and traffic information, and generally doing everything a tower controller does except issue clearances and instructions. Yesterday I was inbound to an airport overseen by a Flight Services Specialist. I retune the ATIS and listen.

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Altimeter NOTAMs Runway Clearance 40

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

Glance at your altimeter. It’s an amazing feeling to hit your target altitude without having glanced at the altimeter. The bank angle should be about 15°. 135° Reference Point to 180° Reference Point From the 135° reference point, continue reducing the bank angle. At the same time, slowly start raising the nose.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. Mine was to keep us at 1,300 feet, hugging the right side of the Hudson River, and listen for our tail number. Flying north from lower New York Harbor through the Narrows and into upper New York Bay was nothing short of magical.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. Mine was to keep us at 1,300 feet, hugging the right side of the Hudson River, and listen for our tail number. Flying north from lower New York Harbor through the Narrows and into upper New York Bay was nothing short of magical.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

Avoid this situation by sitting down with your CFI and going through the logbooks to verify the aircraft is airworthy, using the acronym AAV1ATE as your guide (ADs complied with, annual inspections, VOR every 30 days, 100-hour, altimeter/pitot static system every 24 calendar months, transponder every 24 calendar months, ELT check).

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Pilot Knot Annual Inspection Altimeter 116

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

The local altimeter setting is 29.65, the temperature is 25°C, and we have a 9-knot headwind. Subtract the altimeter setting from 29.92, multiply it by 1,000, and add that to the field elevation. Our imaginary destination airport is at 1,500 feet MSL. Forty-foot-tall trees loom close to the ends of the 2,000-foot-long runway.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 2, 2024

Increasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Decreasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Decreasing altitude – read from your altimeter. When the altimeter stops decreasing in altitude, hold your attitude. An increasing rate of climb – read from your vertical speed indicator.

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Altimeter Descent Turbulence Lift 52

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

Details pulled from memory of the missed approach are all there and fully retrievable beginning with the updraft and realization the altimeter was indicating a brisk climb through 1,100’ MSL (1000’ AGL).

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Descent Approach Weather Runway 71

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Closed traffic Aircraft does not plan to leave traffic pattern Go ahead Proceed with your message – does not refer to any movement.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 64

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The ADC processes the data and sends it to various aircraft systems including airspeed/Mach indicators (like the SI-800), altimeters, Flight Management Systems (FMS), Autopilot Flight Director System (AFDS), elevator feel computers, and more.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Closed traffic Aircraft does not plan to leave traffic pattern Go ahead Proceed with your message – does not refer to any movement.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Learn to Fly

MARCH 12, 2024

The altimeter setting is reported as inches of mercury (inHg) in a four-digit number group. METAR KGGG 161753Z AUTO 14021G26KT 3/4SM +TSRA BR BKN008 OVC012CB 18/17 A2970 RMK PRESFR Temperatures below 0 °C are preceded by the letter “M” to indicate minus.

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Weather Knot Ceiling UTC 52

Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Cherokee Four Eight One, Allentown Approach, altimeter 30.48, remain at or above 3,500 feet." Where's Waldo Slatington? My eyes moved between the sectional chart and the living map draped across the outside world as I descended toward Slatington, PA. Was the airport before or after that ridge?

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Runway Approach Airplanes Pilot 52

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

The classic six-pack of flight instruments that pilots have relied on for decades remains a staple in the Cessna 172.

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Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

You don’t want an incorrect altimeter setting to cause an airspace incursion. This puts them at risk of descending through the airspace floor. Consider keeping a 500-foot vertical and two-to-three-mile lateral margin from the airspace boundary. To avoid conflicts, follow the VFR cruising altitudes laid out in 14 CFR § 91.159.

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 14, 2024

Cruise, not so much—you’re being handed off from one sector to the next, plugging in a new altimeter along the way (hopefully). Maybe you’ve also remembered to monitor guard just in case someone needs assistance, or you simply enjoy the sound of cats meowing. Either way, it’s pretty boring up there.

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Altimeter Descent Runway Pilot 84

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Here’s the decoded observation from the above METAR: KLOU Decoded Observation: Time Stamp: 4th day of January, 1653z (UTC Time) Wind: 350 ° at 6 knots Surface visibility: 10 statute miles Clouds: Broken cloud ceiling at 3,800 ft Temp / Dew Point: 3 ° C / -5 ° C Altimeter: 3033 inHg (US reports inches of mercury; most countries use millibars) (..)

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

However, many older legacy autopilots take their roll commands from various instruments located within the six-pack, most often the turn coordinator, DG, and the altimeter. So, if the autopilot has electrical power, the bird will fly straight and level all day long.

Cockpit 101

Cockpit Pilot Transponder General Aviation 101

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

Let’s break it all down here: 400 feet of ceiling (broken/ overcast/obscured) means that you’ll remain under that cloud deck until your altimeter reads 5,200 feet and you will also need to have 2-1/4 miles of visibility. That’s a big difference from standard isn’t it?

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Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 74

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Some instruments that are part of the scan for the maneuver include: Attitude Indicator Altimeter Heading Indicator Turn/Slip Indicator If the aircraft starts to climb, less back pressure or a slightly steeper bank angle will help bring the aircraft back to the starting altitude.

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Lift Aileron Drag Pilot 52

Air Facts

JULY 19, 2024

Before you realized it, the altimeter had wound itself well past the initial ceiling you had mentally calculated in your preflight planning, and now you found yourself squarely inside Class B airspace – OUCH! After all, what could go wrong? What to do if you inadvertently fly into Class B airspace?

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Altimeter Pilot Approach Ceiling 77

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

However, Earhart encountered bad weather, including heavy icing and fog, and suffered mechanical failures in the form of a failed altimeter, a fuel leak, and a damaged exhaust manifold. Nearly 15 harrowing hours after leaving Newfoundland, Earhart landed in a field near the village of Culmore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Airplanes Pilot Ceiling Altimeter 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

High-pressure conditions decrease altimeter accuracy, affecting terrain clearance and aircraft spacing. FDC NOTAMs also provide information about TFRs and other special airspace. FDC NOTAMs also include warnings for high barometric pressure areas.

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NOTAMs Runway UTC Federal Aviation Regulations 52

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Oxygen system & masks – Checked Altimeters – _ Parking Brake – Set Fuel Control Switches – Cut Off We’re almost ready to start the engines. A typical 767 preflight checklist has about 5 items. Here’s an example: Cockpit Windows – Closed and locked (pretty important!)

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Flight Deck Clearance Runway Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

Set your altimeter bug accordingly. If your aircraft has a secondary communication radio, set it to the ground frequency. 4) Set Approach Minimums Look for the approach minimum altitudes in the lower half of the plate. Identify the decision altitude (DA) or minimum descent altitude (MDA) valid for your approach.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52