Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Checkride: Pass an FAA written knowledge exam and practical flight test (checkride). Checkride: Pass the FAA Instrument Practical Test (Checkride). 3 hours of checkride prep with an instructor (within 2 months of the test). 3 hours of checkride prep (within 60 days of test). 10 hours in Complex or TAA.

Pilot 98

Pilot Checkride Cabin Crew Airplanes 98

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

At the departure end of the runway, he turned crosswind and continued to the outside downwind, approximately two miles west of the inside downwind. The IP in the front cockpit would do all ground-handling operations and make the takeoff. A T-38 with a student in the rear cockpit. from an unsafe approach.

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Pilot Knot AGL Approach 98

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These maneuvers include an engine failure on takeoff, loss of lift on the wing during departure, en route, and approach, crosswind landings, wind shear scenarios, engine inoperative landings, low visibility landings, crash landings and evacuation. Checkrides are serious business, and failures can results in termination.

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Pilot Wind Shear Airlines Airline 94

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Improve your stick and rudder skills as a private pilot go beyond the instrument checkride with these advanced courses. Spin-a-Wind This app makes it a breeze to calculate headwind/crosswind components, temperature conversions, pressure/density altitude and true airspeed computations, using a pilot-friendly interface.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Proficiency is about developing and maintaining the skills you need to handle a wide range of conditions in the cockpit. Here are the areas you should read up on: Landing irregularities : Information on crosswind landings will help you escape a tight situation and get back on the ground safely.

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Pilot Weight-Shift-Control Pilot in Command Crosswind 52

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Examination of the accident site confirmed flight-control continuity from the cockpit to all flight control surfaces. Backing up in the pattern, the crosswind, downwind and base legs (excluding the turns) saw less than one percent of the stalls. Fuel remained in both wings; there was no evidence of fire.

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Final Approach Airplanes Drag Pilot 52

Air Facts

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Automation Airmanship: Nine Principles for Operating Glass Cockpit Aircraft; by Christopher Lutat and S. Is that crosswind too strong? I found this approach perfectly suited to the cockpit, and the goal of becoming risk savvy is a worthy one for pilots. Tell that to the examiner on your next checkride.

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Pilot Weather Airplanes Approach 96