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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

There’s even an alert for weight and balance when your center of gravity is out of limits. Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. Here’s a rundown of what you might hear.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs along their relevant routes or locations before the start of a flight. NOTAMs are very important in that they can provide information that can cause a pilot to change their flight plans, such as Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) or an airport that has become temporarily unavailable.

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Mastering Crosswind Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

Plan for the Conditions During your flight planning: Look up the expected winds at your estimated arrival time. If you overshoot the final, do not make a steep turn or use excessive rudder to correct for it. Final Approach Once established on final, adjust your heading to maintain the extended centerline.