Clearance Transponder Weather 
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.
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Unexpected issues like engine trouble or bad weather make routine flights a handful. Benefits include enhanced safety, terrain alerts, weather advisories, and emergency assistance. Aircraft must have a radio and transponder to receive flight following. Class B Clearance ATC clearance is required to enter Class B airspace.
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Pilot Institute
APRIL 24, 2024
From entry and weather requirements to interacting with ATC, we have you covered. Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. All aircraft inside the veil must have an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out. If you’re flying under IFR, you don’t need an explicit Bravo clearance.
ABEAM
JULY 5, 2024
We had a team briefing and took off with nice weather from runway 24 in Kortrijk. We tried to fly as direct as possible letting controllers and the leader Macksolo of the formation dealing with proper clearances. This would be a formation flight with a dedicated callsign “Waffles”, which made the controllers chuckle.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 3, 2024
Vigilance, monitoring traffic, and staying attuned to changing weather conditions contribute significantly to safety. Setting up for an approach, taxiing at a busy airfield with complicated diagrams, during the actual takeoff and landing, or receiving an updated weather briefing in flight are a few examples of this.
Inflight Pilot Training
APRIL 30, 2024
Let’s take a look at some things to know before flying to the Caribbean, including customs and immigration procedures, weather patterns and specific information on some of the region’s most popular destinations. What Weather Should I Expect To Encounter In The Caribbean Sky? Are The Islands Under The Same Flight Jurisdiction?
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 10, 2023
It was not an inspiring morning to fly out of Sodus, but I knew that the poor weather was localized to the Lake Ontario shore and that Washington DC was forecast to be sunny and significantly warmer. When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?"
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