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767 Flight Deck Preflight

AeroSavvy

Equipment Check My airline assigns the first officer (or International Relief Officer on long flights) to inspect flight deck equipment. Boeing 767-300F flight deck Cockpit Setup – Go With the Flow! Here’s an example: Cockpit Windows – Closed and locked (pretty important!) 5000 feet.

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NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK

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Twenty seconds after the Delta 737 began its takeoff roll, an American Airlines B777 bound for London Heathrow Airport (LHR), carrying 149 passengers and crew, crossed the same runway without clearance.

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one  

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Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew.

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The Private Pilot Student’s Guide to Chair Flying

Northstar VFR

Chair flying is a technique to practice your flying skills by either sitting in the airplane on the ground, using a simulator, or sitting in front of a poster of your flight deck. For this article, we will focus on using a flight deck, or cockpit, poster for chair flying at home. What do I need for chair flying?

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Flight vision systems

Professional Pilot

The CVS is available with the Pro Line Fusion flight deck. Garmin G1000 Garmin SVS has been an optional feature of the popular G1000 glass cockpit system since 2008. Bombardier, Cessna, Cirrus, Embraer, and Piper turboprops all use Garmin flight decks. So is the Pilatus PC-24’s Advanced Cockpit Environment suite.

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“NORDO” – 5 tips for avoiding loss of communication

Flight Training Central

Easier said than done with the myriad of distractions that can be found on the flight deck. The standby radio is available for more than just a backup or obtaining your IFR clearance. From advanced avionics to streaming music to needy passengers, distractions lurk. Monitor guard.

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Garmin unveils its new, industry-leading integrated flight deck: G3000 PRIME

Professional Pilot

PRESS RELEASE G3000 PRIME App Menu G armin introduced G3000 PRIME, its most advanced integrated flight deck yet. “Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck.