Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As a relatively new pilot , I had failed to see the bigger picture. Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. As a mountain-bred pilot, I’ve always enjoyed observing the ridges and valleys from on high and low. That day was different. We didn’t test it.

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AV Web

AUGUST 4, 2024

It was a long overwater flight that had the distinction of being one of the few times I have flown through moderate or worse turbulence non-stop for more than four hours. We approached JFK, knowing that they were experiencing very low ceilings—CAT II for you gauge jockeys out there. We worked hard to be able to fly.

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Turbulence Approach Ceiling Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The conditions were a mile of visibility and about 500 feet of ragged ceiling, barely enough to maintain orientation by landmarks passing below. A low ceiling absolutely ends a planned flight, though visibility may be the legal determining factor in some situations. Execute the diversion.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Before you become a commercial pilot, it’s important to know how to obtain a good weather briefing. Call (480) 372-9815 today to begin your training toward a pilot’s license. A pre-flight weather briefing is the primary way commercial pilots understand the potential weather challenges of their upcoming flight.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 28, 2024

It had a range of up to 556 miles (four hours flying time) and a ceiling of 16,000 feet, at an airspeed of between 135-157 mph. Along with the pilot, the Rapide carried 6-8 passengers and their luggage. Belted into our bucket seats, the pilot, in the nose cockpit, warmed the Rapide’s twin engines up.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

Pilots and flight schools favor this aircraft for its ease of use and dependable performance. First introduced in 2005, this all-glass cockpit revolutionized the flying experience for pilots by providing a comprehensive and intuitive interface. This article explores the Cessna Skyhawk C172’s features, evolution, and lasting appeal.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Back in the late 90s the FBO at the time (Atlantic) had crew cars for transient pilots. It still has lots of aviation including vendors, pilots and enthusiasts. On Wednesday night, Marvin and I attended a meet and greet hosted by the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA). This meant that I was up at 4:00 am.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For pilots and anyone involved in aviation, understanding AIRMETs and SIGMETs is invaluable. These weather alerts each have their own role: AIRMETs warn about moderate conditions like turbulence, icing, and limited visibility, which can affect smaller or less equipped aircraft. But do you know how to read them?

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Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

Dad, a seasoned VFR pilot, was at the controls. I, a 19 year old greenhorn with a brand new pilot’s license in my wallet, sat at his right. We had light winds, good visibility, full cloud cover, and ample ceiling heights. What was changing, however, wasn’t the visibility, or ceiling heights, or wind—at least not perceivably.

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Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 20, 2023

By Jordan Bullock CFI, Boeing 737 Pilot Weather by nature is unpredictable and chaotic. As a pilot, its important to understand weather, as well as your personal limitations in regards to both the aircraft, and your personal skill set. Airmet Tango (Turbulence): “T” for turbulence, this Airmet is pretty straightforward.

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Weather Turbulence Knot Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In the fast-paced flight training environment, student pilots absorb a lot of information during each lesson. They’re built to withstand the demands of flight training like turbulence, varying temperatures, and environmental factors like dust or rain. For flight training, action cameras offer a number of benefits.

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Stir Crazy In aviation safety circles, a mental condition colloquially known as "get-there-itis" characterizes a pilot so mission focused, so determined to reach a destination, that they make unsafe decisions. More often than not, winter flying in Upstate New York is contingent on the ceiling.

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Learn to Fly

APRIL 11, 2024

Pilots must consider each of these factors, relative to both their capabilities as the pilot as well as the capabilities of the aircraft they’re flying: Visibility—VFR or IFR, both within the airport environment and at the altitude you’ll be flying en route. Ceiling—How high are the clouds; can you fly above or around them?

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The conditions were a mile of visibility and about 500 feet of ragged ceiling, barely enough to maintain orientation by landmarks passing below. A low ceiling absolutely ends a planned flight, though visibility may be the legal determining factor in some situations. Execute the diversion.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Approaching the Green Mountains of Vermont, the ceiling began to close back up. This meant that there would be no getting into Sodus unless the ceiling lifted.

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

But it was an excellent flying day, so I took wing with a group of WFC pilots for sushi in Massachusetts instead (Westfield-Barnes Airport, KBAF). Weather conditions on Groundhog Day were better than the week prior, characterized by a high ceiling and no thin screen of clouds hiding the ground from view. Photo by The Bear.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. Even if it’s possible to complete the training course in a reasonable time with these stipulations, the product of a bubble-wrapped curriculum is a half-trained pilot.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. Even if it’s possible to complete the training course in a reasonable time with these stipulations, the product of a bubble-wrapped curriculum is a half-trained pilot.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cloud ceilings below 1,500 feet or cumulonimbus clouds can trigger a SPECI. Tornadoes, funnel clouds, volcanic ash, or dust storms are extremely dangerous to all pilots. Expect poor visibility, increased turbulence, and slippery runway surfaces. Low cloud ceilings, especially below 1,500 feet, lower visibility in VFR.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

I expected to manage some cloud layers during the New York portion of the flight, but the forecast called for a high ceiling at Northeast Philadelphia Airport. But they have become a grudgingly acknowledged facet of pilot life. I usually don't talk about aviation or being a pilot at these meetings and John had just outed me.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 28, 2024

The turbulence was not as bad as what I was anticipating and for most parts of the flight, it was smooth. Finally before started our descent, our female Captain came on and updated us on our arrival and weather update and with a prediction of light turbulence during our approach. Off we go, fortunately it wasn't turbulent.

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Aerotime

MARCH 13, 2025

Registered N3794N, the aircraft seated three passengers plus the pilot, so there was competition for the seats. The plane was piloted by Roger Peterson, a 21-year-old commercial pilot and flight instructor. Holly, Richardson and Valens were thrown from the plane as it tumbled, while pilot Peterson was entangled in the wreckage.

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Ask the Pilot

MAY 27, 2024

May 28, 2024 LAST WEEK, a passenger was killed and multiple more injured when a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 encountered severe turbulence while en route from London to Singapore. Then, on May 26th, twelve people were hurt when a Qatar Airways jet hit severe turbulence during a flight to Dublin. You can read it here.

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Air Facts

JUNE 19, 2024

How stress and anxiety affect pilots Air Facts Journal “I read the news today, oh boy!” An airline pilot was incapacitated immediately upon takeoff of an airliner from the airport. So, I asked Craig to send me his accrued data from a recent flight he piloted in his Cessna T206H. And yet it was! followed swiftly.

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Air Facts

MAY 27, 2024

I literally obtained a dozen or so briefings to ensure that there wasn’t even a hint of some friendly sea breeze that could be construed as clear air turbulence. Sure, I could pull out my low-time pilot card and call it a day, but that felt like a copout. All my primary training was done at 3,000 feet or less.

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AV Web

JUNE 2, 2024

My flying partner last week was Jim, a longtime pilot, friend and Piper Aztec owner. He was giggling because we hit a bit of turbulence that was harsh enough to make me almost jam a plastic fork in my head as I tried to fly the plane and eat my chicken salad simultaneously. ” With apologies to Robert Burns. Surf’s Up!

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

The pilot would bank the 747 away from the rocket, and after five seconds, it would ignite and take the payload the rest of the distance into orbit. Its service ceiling of 45,100 ft also made it an appealing choice for the mission. Virgin Using a technique called air launch, the 747 would fly to 35,000 feet over open ocean.

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Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

KCPC was reporting IFR conditions with a 700’ ceiling and one mile visibility. I queried ATC about when to expect the approach clearance and was informed that the Saratoga had appeared to land but the pilot hadn’t contacted ATC to close his IFR flight plan. Tuning in the AWOS, I heard an unpleasant surprise.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 1, 2025

With the rise in the prevalence of drone flight, drone pilots are now at a stage where they are expected to operate within long-established aviation standards. To this end, drone pilots are expected to understand weather forecasts in the form of METAR and TAF reports. Key Takeaways METAR and TAF provide vital weather info for pilots.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Also joining them was the plane’s last pilot, Arthur Kidder, who had retired and moved back to Colorado. The weather along the flight path was poor, described by Pruett as consisting of “…low clouds and heavy fog, a ceiling of only a couple hundred feet.” At the controls of our subject Liberator was 27 year old Captain (Capt.)

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Departure Hall (Landside) The design of the ceiling caught my attention. Notice the small disks of colour glass recess on the underside of the ceiling? What does this design of the ceiling look like to you? Well done to the PIC (Pilot-in-command)! The reason for this is to restrict the number of people in the terminal.

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