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

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Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. Traffic On Short Final – Alerts w hen on a runway, and ForeFlight detects another aircraft on a short final approach to that runway.

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Sweet Dreams

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However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in the gloom.

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Painted Cloudscapes to Saratoga Springs

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From flight planning, I knew that we would experience rain, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and darkness. We departed Sodus VFR and contacted Rochester Approach for our instrument clearance. All went according to plan. Ground team!

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

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In contrast to a control tower, an FSS is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances to aircraft. Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs along their relevant routes or locations before the start of a flight. TFRs are published in real-time and can be checked using drone flight planning apps or via LAANC.

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

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New Adventures in Flight Planning and Filing I decided to test-drive my PIN and the whole FRZ process for the first time as my annual fall solo flight in October of 2023. Any flight into the FRZ requires a FRZ flight plan. For the most part, the process was quick and easy.

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 3, Three if by Air

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Exactly like NYC, downtown Boston is encircled by restrictive Class Bravo airspace down to the surface that requires explicit clearance to enter. Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 09 July 2024 N21481 BVY (Beverly, MA) - BVY 1.2 November Four Eight One, continue inbound, you'll get your Bravo clearance from Tower."

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Common Mistakes Pilots Make at Non-Towered Airports

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Follow procedures when requesting an SVFR clearance or departing a non-towered airport. Final approach: This is the straight path leading to your landing. You can contact Flight Service, but they cannot give you an SVFR clearance. Runway incursions are caused by lapses in awareness and communication.

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