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Class B Airspace Explained

Pilot Institute

The fast jets and faster-talking controllers can be intimidating. Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. These simpler classes cannot handle major international airports’ constant high-speed jet traffic. Your IFR clearance authorizes you to fly your planned route.

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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. Who you are. Where you are.

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Flight Sims for the Win: It’s All About Repetition and Drill

Flying Magazine

READ MORE: Cirrus Adds Second Vision Jet Simulator In this scenario, the options are a 180-degree turn using only rudder to avoid overbanking—common when you lose the outside horizon reference—to get back to VFR conditions or contacting ATC to ask where the nearest VFR is. Next, introduce the VOR. Keep it realistic.

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In Search of the Headless Horseman

Photographic Logbook

Once the rain relented, we staggered our departures and called for our IFR clearances on the ground. Despite those ground clearances, we found that the ceiling above our home airport was high enough to accommodate VFR departures with airborne clearances. Line crew at Million Air chocks Warrior 481 next to a Cirrus Vision Jet.

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Asheville, NC and the Biltmore Estate

Gary's Flight Journal

As we approached Barrett’s Mountain VOR you could make out the mountains ahead. Once lined up for three five I had to fall in number two behind an Envoy Embraer 175 jet overtaking on my left side. I contacted Asheville ground to pick up my clearance but it was not on file. The tallest peak was four thousand so we steered clear.

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Planning an IFR departure

Flight Training Central

Factors in departure planning will vary based on the class of aircraft one is flying (piston single, twin, jet, etc.), Departure procedures are designed primarily to provide obstacle clearance. Departure procedures are designed primarily to provide obstacle clearance and should be used when published.

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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. The fixed-base operator (Regional Jet Center) filled up our fuel tanks and provided complimentary hot dogs and ice cream for brunch. After 50 minutes, we were taxiing to the runway.