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Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. Keeping jet traffic safe alongside slower general aviation aircraft is harder still. Operating Requirements in Class B Airspace Operational Requirements VFR traffic needs explicit clearance to enter Bravo airspace.

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How to Talk to ATC (Beginner’s Guide)

Pilot Institute

Practice requesting and receiving clearances. Before you request your first clearance, follow these inflight tips. Be Ready to Receive the Clearance After you have requested a clearance from ATC, ensure you are ready to receive it. First, be mentally prepared for the clearance. What you want/where you are going.

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Barbados: 2025 Business Aviation Destination Guide

Universal Weather

Airport Infrastructure and Operations TBPB operates 24/7, offering flexibility for business aviation movements. Peak general aviation (GA) traffic times occur between 11001400 and 18002100 local time, which may lead to fueling delays or limited parking availability. Universal Aviation can assist with APIS filing upon request.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

This is a general aviation term that also applies to drone flight. In contrast to a control tower, an FSS is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances to aircraft. It consists of two independent components VOR and TACAN. Conclusion Acronyms are a great tool for making communication faster and more efficient.

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). LP+V approaches dont always account for obstacle clearance, so theyre not an officially protected procedure. You wont find any mention of LP+V on an approach plate.

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

Photographic Logbook

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. Although 9/11 marked the weaponization of commercial aircraft, the aftereffects are felt most keenly by General Aviation.

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Rubber bands – the reason I quit

Air Facts

The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. Other logbook entries weave a story of the experiences only general aviation can bring. In spring of 1967 I soloed after eight hours of dual and received my ticket that fall. Infrequent but noticeable.

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