Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Here are three ways to get a clearance at a non-towered airport.

Clearance 52

Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Transponder 52

Air Facts

JUNE 24, 2024

To put it in aviation terms, if I told you Bill is a doctor, you might assume he’s flying a V-tail Bonanza. Even at the end, as the right-seat passenger pointed out “we’re sideways,” the pilot was thinking only about the panel, saying “it’ll navigate” and “activate vectors.” The tail failing is simply the final straw.

Pilot 75

Pilot Airplanes Weather Tail 75

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

A controller who withholds or issues a late descent clearance is also to blame. Pilots seem to have a compulsion to comply, and doing so reinforces the controller’s errant behavior under the auspices that if nothing bad happens, the aircraft must be capable of doing it.

Approach 105

Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Universal Weather

JULY 5, 2023

Revisions to annual permits must be made for any changes regarding documentation, tail number, or modification of owner/address/name. CIQ clearance involves deplaning all passengers, crew, and luggage, which may be needed for inbound and outbound operations. CIQ clearance via a GAT or commercial terminal usually takes 30-45 minutes.

Flight Plan 52

Flight Plan Clearance UTC Pilot in Command 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Since 2019, pilots in command have been presented with poker chips -- what the Alton Bay crew fittingly call "ice chips" -- commemorating landing at Alton Bay. More vintage cred: a V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza! Oh, because of the purple.

Runway 68

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

The camera view of both the landing gear and tail is really an additional bonus especially for aircraft enthusiasts like myself. The flight Map Camera (tail section) Camera view (landing gear section) The safety video featuring a famous local dancer. Well done to the PIC (Pilot-in-command)! Nothing much interest me.

Cabin Crew 59

Cabin Crew Runway Weather Ceiling 59