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How to Choose the Best Alternate Airport: A Guide for Instrument Pilots

Flight Training Central

This is not only common sense, but it’s a legal requirement too: Preflight Action (FAR 91.103) – Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight.

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Budget Buys and Early Bye-Bye’s

Air Facts

Following a check of the weather, NOTAMS and TFR’s, you are confronted with some decisions to make. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there. It’s your Pilot in Command responsibility under 91.103. The day finally arrives for that long awaited trip up north to visit family.

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Quiz: Regulations for Instrument Flight Rules

Flight Training Central

An instrument rated pilot, who has not logged any instrument time in 1 year or more, cannot serve as pilot in command under IFR, unless the pilot passes an instrument proficiency check followed by 6 hours and six instrument approaches, 3 of those hours in the category of aircraft involved. The en route weather is IMC.

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Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

From entry and weather requirements to interacting with ATC, we have you covered. This central core extends up to around 10,000 feet MSL, the airspace’s ceiling. However, the ceiling for each shelf is the same as the core. Although Class B airspace has a typical ceiling of 10,000 feet MSL, exceptions exist.

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How to obtain an airspace authorization for drone operations

Flight Training Central

Enter the specific information to your operation including the intended altitude and duration as well as contact information for the drone pilot in command. Be sure to verify weather conditions before your operation, and be vigilant for low-flying aircraft LAANC authorizations are for operations in controlled airspace.

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Moving On Up!

Plane and Pilot

Flight schools will tell you that the private pilot is the most challenging, time-consuming, and expensive certificate to obtain. Everything is new to the student pilot. It is a lot of learning packed into the 60-70 hours and six to 12 months it takes the average pilot to complete. The ATC service is better.

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How to get an IFR clearance at a non-towered airport

Flight Training Central

That’s obviously the heading ATC expects you to be flying when you contact them after leaving the traffic pattern, but it’s also a reminder that you as the pilot in command are responsible for terrain and traffic avoidance right after takeoff. However, this procedure should only be used when both the weather and terrain are favorable.