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The Pitot-Static System: How It Works

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The respective instruments for showing these readings are: The Airspeed Indicator (ASI) The Altimeter The Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) Components of the Pitot-Static System Have you ever noticed the little L-shaped component on the front of an airplane? How Does the System Give Inputs to the Altimeter?

Pitot Tube

Pitot Tube Altimeter Descent Airplanes

The Six Pack: Basic Flight Instruments

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

The six primary instruments (the six-pack) are the Attitude Indicator (AI), Heading Indicator (HI), Turn Coordinator, Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter, and the Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI). Pitot-Static Instruments The instruments that use the pitot-static system are the airspeed indicator, altimeter, and Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI).

Pitot Tube

Pitot Tube Altimeter Instrument Flight Rules Descent

E6B Made Easy: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

If youre in the aircraft, set the altimeter to 29.92 If you dont have access to an altimeter, you can manually calculate the pressure altitude. However, the difference is a few knots for general aviation airspeeds and altitudes. and read the altitude shown. Find out the current pressure reading from the ATIS or METAR.

Groundspeed

Groundspeed True Airspeed Density Altitude Knot

Ten Types of Aviation Maintenance Checks

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 25, 2024

These required inspections are vitally important to the safe operation of general aviation aircraft, so even student pilots are required to know the basics to pass a Private Pilot checkride. The “100 hour inspection” is very similar to the annual inspection of the airframe, powerplant, and propeller.

Annual Inspection

Annual Inspection VOR Instrument Flight Rules Altimeter

RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These systems are common in commercial airplanes, but theyre starting to appear in newer general aviation airplanes too. Use your altimeter, vertical speed indicator, and other instruments to double-check that youre flying the approach correctly. Plan for turns and altitude changes before you get to them.

Approach

Approach Pilot Descent Airplanes

How to Recover from Unusual Attitudes

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 2, 2024

One of the leading causes of fatal general aviation accidents is the loss of aircraft control. Increasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Decreasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Decreasing altitude – read from your altimeter. Completely disoriented and unsure of which way is up.

Altimeter

Altimeter Descent Turbulence Lift

Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

However, the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 paved the way for its return, and production resumed in 1996. This legislation helped rejuvenate the general aviation market, and the Cessna 172 once again became a staple in flight schools and private ownership.

Knot

Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight

New York State of Mind

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We studied all of our options going into New York via general aviation. His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. With a lot of enthusiasm and the reassuring help of ForeFlight, we discovered that it wasn’t only doable but looked like a lot of fun.

Clearance

Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter

New York State of Mind

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We studied all of our options going into New York via general aviation. His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. With a lot of enthusiasm and the reassuring help of ForeFlight, we discovered that it wasn’t only doable but looked like a lot of fun.

Clearance

Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter

Night Flight from Catalina: Beechcraft Baron Incident

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Catalina Airport is open to general aviation from 08:00 to 17:00. When I saw the altimeter start to climb I raised the landing gear and let out the breath I’d apparently been holding. However, just as the altimeter started to climb, the Baron faltered. Needless to say, we lost. Dinner was excellent.”

Runway

Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift

The Classic Boeing Airspeed Indicator

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airspeed indicators need air from a pitot tube and static air from a static port Small general aviation aircraft have airspeed indicators with air hoses connected directly to the pitot and static sources. Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage.

Pitot Tube

Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter

Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Keeping jet traffic safe alongside slower general aviation aircraft is harder still. That’s a considerable detour for small general aviation aircraft. You don’t want an incorrect altimeter setting to cause an airspace incursion. Managing so many aircraft is challenging. Here’s how to bypass the Bravo.

Clearance

Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder

How to Land an Airplane

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In most general aviation aircraft, we tend to initiate the flare at 10 feet. But this can be hard to judge when the altimeter is so sensitive. Flare You will transition into the flare as you cross the threshold and get closer to the ground. But how do I know exactly when to flare? Good question.

Airplanes

Airplanes Descent Approach Final Approach

How to Make Perfect Steep Turns (Step-By-Step)

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It’s as close to “evasive action” as you can get while flying a general aviation aircraft. Steep turns should be one of the most fun maneuvers pilots learn. But for many pilots, flying coordinated turns while keeping altitude and speed steady is hard enough.

Lift

Lift Aileron Drag Pilot

Failure is Not an Option

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2024

Most of the emergency procedures training we do in general aviation airplanes center around just two simple words: “What if?” The average age of the current general aviation fleet is somewhere between 35 and 50 years. As I considered this conundrum one evening, the movie Apollo 13 appeared on the screen.

Cockpit

Cockpit Pilot Transponder Ceiling

Mind the Gap: A Visit to Slatington, PA

Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Cherokee Four Eight One, Allentown Approach, altimeter 30.48, remain at or above 3,500 feet." A multilayered example of cluelessness, the episode was not a shining moment for general aviation. Where's Waldo Slatington? Was the airport before or after that ridge?

Runway

Runway Airplanes Approach Pilot

“Pioneers of Flight” Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum to open in 2025

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. Another general aviation design in the form of the Mignet HM.14

Airplanes

Airplanes Pilot Ceiling Altimeter

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The Pitot-Static System: How It Works

The Six Pack: Basic Flight Instruments

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E6B Made Easy: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

How to Recover from Unusual Attitudes

Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

New York State of Mind

New York State of Mind

Night Flight from Catalina: Beechcraft Baron Incident

The Classic Boeing Airspeed Indicator

Class B Airspace Explained

How to Land an Airplane

How to Make Perfect Steep Turns (Step-By-Step)

Failure is Not an Option

Mind the Gap: A Visit to Slatington, PA

“Pioneers of Flight” Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum to open in 2025

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