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Complete Preflight Checklists All Pilots Need

Northstar VFR

If the inspection hasn’t been performed and signed off by the proper maintenance technician within the required timeframe, the airplane isn’t allowed to fly. Before flying, a pilot must verify these inspections have been performed by looking in the maintenance logs. Airspace : Check NOTAMs, TFRs, survival equipment.

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Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. Following a check of the weather, NOTAMS and TFR’s, you are confronted with some decisions to make. It’s equipped with ADS-B Out (GTX335), a WAAS enabled GNS 430, along with a KX-155.