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Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

For Runway 35, we see a takeoff ninimum of 400-2 or standard with a minimum climb of 343’ per nautical mile to 5,200′ Remember, the basic assumption is that you are IFR and have a limited ceiling and visibility. That’s a big difference from standard isn’t it? feet per minute). Multiply 1.5 Woah, can my Warrior do that?

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My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. KCPC was reporting IFR conditions with a 700’ ceiling and one mile visibility. Unicom also confirmed the weather was still showing a 700’ ceiling with one mile of visibility.

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Top Apple Watch features and apps for pilots

iPad Pilot News

Get the watch app here. Altimeter+ Display an altimeter flight instrument on your watch. It also includes complications to show the current ceiling or surface winds for a favorite airport ( read our full review of the ForeFlight Watch app here ).

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Flying a Skylane From Canada to Belize

Air Facts

I encountered unexpected headwinds to start, slowing my groundspeed down to 75 knots at times. Additionally, the needle on my altimeter at one point was swinging through 500 increments! Day 3 The next day of my journey would clear me out of the mountains with my first landing in Moriarty, New Mexico (KOEO).

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