Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
V – VOR Check If you’re flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), your VOR navigation equipment must be tested every 30 days. Logging the VOR check in your maintenance records is a must for compliance. Keep up with your annual inspection and the VOR check. They make sure that your aircraft meets airworthiness standards.
Northstar VFR
AUGUST 25, 2024
V: VOR INSPECTION (FAR 91.171) For any flight operated under instrument flight rules (IFR) using a VOR navigation system, the VOR must be routinely checked/maintained, and an operational check performed within the previous 30 days. One major difference is that any A&P technician can endorse the inspection.
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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).
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Some things are mandated for any airplane, like an airspeed indicator, altimeter and compass. That GPS display wasnt in the panel when the aircraft was certified, but you may not be comfortable making a trip with only a VOR receiver and a sectional chart if it goes blank. The first rule of Can I fly without it?
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
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. Both MDA and DA are measured from sea level, just like the altimeter in the airplane. Use the DA instead.
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).
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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