Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Using the VSI and Altimeter for Stability The vertical speed indicator and altimeter are your best tools for maintaining a steady altitude. The altimeter , when set correctly, shows your actual height above sea level. The altimeter , when set correctly, shows your actual height above sea level.

True Airspeed 52

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

In a round-dial cockpit, the six-pack of gauges are the core of the flight instruments. We usually receive them before important phases of flight. For example, approaching a selected altitude. Glass cockpits often feature automation and flight computers to help reduce workload.

Cockpit 52

Cockpit Pilot Weather Primary Flight Display 52

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Then, like the pioneer aviators, I bring out my manual flight computer, a circular slide rule invented in the 1930s, to plot distance flown against time in the air. I might as well chat with the altimeter. Gavin sniggers. “Why bother with that old-fashioned crap?” ” I ignore him. Can you see anything?”

Weather 97

Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 97