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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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Blog: V-Tail Myths And The Truth, As We Know It, So Far

AV Web

This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud. local time, roughly three hours into the flight. Specific risks exist, but they are well known.

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Blog: V-Tail Myths And The Truth, As We Know It, So Far

AV Web

This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud. The pilot’s adult twin son and daughter were on board and also died in the tragic crash.

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