Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Pilots must meet equipment and certification requirements and have ATC clearance to enter. Operating Requirements in Class B Airspace Operational Requirements VFR traffic needs explicit clearance to enter Bravo airspace. If you’re flying under IFR, you don’t need an explicit Bravo clearance. What is Class B Airspace?

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

Most holding fixes are NAVAIDs such as VORs, RNAV (GPS) waypoints, and even ILS markers. When VORs are used as holding fixes, the fix is usually a specific DME distance on a particular radial. If the VOR doesn’t have DME capability, it will be the intersection between two radials from two separate VORs.

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VOR Pilot Approach Crosswind 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Next, introduce the VOR. Have them use the VOR to determine what radial they are on, and if the unit has DME, show you where they are on a sectional. For an extra level of challenge, reposition the virtual airplane and have the learner use the VORs to determine where they are using triangulation. Keep it realistic.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The tricky part is that you are expected to proceed on course after reaching 5,000′ MSL, so technically, this is sort of your “expect further clearance” information. Santa Monica Municipal (KSMO) has a fix called DARTS, located on V-186, that serves as the intermediate fix for the RNAV 21 and the VOR-A approaches.

Aeronautical Information Manual 52

Aeronautical Information Manual VOR Approach Air Traffic Control 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

After startup, I’d record a VOR check in the aircraft log while waiting for our clearance. We flew the usual approaches: VOR, ILS, and the now extinct NDB. We rounded up the usual suspects: VOR, NDB, ILS, partial panel, and unusual attitudes. Then came the long taxi to the runway. After an hour of that, we went flying.

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NDB Checkride VOR Approach 52

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. I already had set up for Patuxent approach so I switched from CTAF to Pax to pick up my clearance. Once south of Myrtle Beach I was turned direct Charleston VOR. I picked up my clearance, made sure oil is up to temp, then called for taxi instructions.

Runway 105

Runway Approach Weather VOR 105

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. 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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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

We were assigned a slightly ridiculous alteration to the route I filed: MANCH T316 LAMMS T608 ROC that had us flying past Sodus to the Rochester VOR before setting up for Sodus. But I accepted the clearance knowing that I could change it with a local Approach control like Syracuse. This was even better than I requested.

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Approach Ceiling Weather Runway 52

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 14, 2024

While every IFR flight requires you to file an IFR flight plan and receive an ATC clearance, not every flight is flown in IFR conditions. A nearby airport at a lower altitude may provide additional clearance under a cloud layer (with the caveat that it could be prone to fog if near a body of water).

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Ceiling Pilot Weather Approach 98

Gary's Flight Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I called the clearance delivery number on the OXB NOTAM but they gave me another number to call. I could not get my Bluetooth headset to connect so the I tucked the iPhone up under my ear seal and picked up my clearance and release. I decided to depart VFR and pick up my clearance in the air if I needed it.

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Weather Clearance VOR Approach 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

Chapter 3 in the AIM has details on dimensions of airspace, cloud clearances, and visibility. Use Your Reference Material While there is an awful lot of information for a pilot to remember, one of the most important skills you can have is knowing where to look up something to verify the information.

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Pilot Knot Annual Inspection Altimeter 116

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. I was beginning to make small mistakes when copying clearances or even remembering frequencies-an incorrect digit, a readback that faltered or wasn’t perfect. Infrequent but noticeable.

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Pilot General Aviation Cockpit VOR 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. Shouldn't he have my full clearance? I made the call before engine start.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As we approached Barrett’s Mountain VOR you could make out the mountains ahead. I contacted Asheville ground to pick up my clearance but it was not on file. Our ride at six thousand five was smooth despite the brutal headwinds at thirty plus knots. The tallest peak was four thousand so we steered clear. That’s odd.

Approach 52

Approach Knot VOR Weather 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

Does the approach match the clearance? Set the ILS, LOC, or VOR frequency required for the approach on your navigation radio. It also serves as a final opportunity to catch any misunderstanding among the crew. 1) Declare the Approach Start by identifying the name of the airport, the arrival runway, and the approach name.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Flight Training Central

APRIL 29, 2024

If the restricted area is not active and has been released to the controlling agency, the ATC facility will allow the aircraft to operate in the restricted airspace without issuing specific clearance. An aircraft can operate in these corridors without a clearance from or communication with ATC.

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Clearance AGL Pilot NOTAMs 111

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Long story short, when I received my clearance that evening, it was to my originally intended BELTS waypoint.) We were cleared direct to College Park via the Westminster VOR (EMI). We reunited with Simon before making our cellphone calls to Potomac for departure clearances. Tough room. Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, PA.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. It’s technically an IFR procedure, but can be used by any pilot to assure clearance from obstacles. For this trip, the middle row seats were removed to make the cabin a 1st class four-seater.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Pilot 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

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. Better safe than sorry. That was a good plan.

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Clearance Knot Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Off Sodus, I briefly leveled at 2,500 feet to remain visual until I received my instrument clearance from Rochester Approach. Fortunately, the clearance was a simple one that morning because I was absurdly tongue tied while talking to Rochester. Serpentine tendrils of mist followed the course of the Genesee River south of Letchworth.

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Runway Approach Knot Drag 98

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

There are a wide variety of options on the market, ranging from simple radios to units with GPS/VOR navigation features and full ILS capabilities. In addition to your aircraft’s installed radio systems, handheld radios provide an important layer of safety and redundancy in case of radio failure.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 56

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

There are a wide variety of options on the market, ranging from simple radios to units with GPS/VOR navigation features and full ILS capabilities. In addition to your aircraft’s installed radio systems, handheld radios provide an important layer of safety and redundancy in case of radio failure.

Aeronautical Information Manual 52

Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I filed a route of BRUIN to ART (Watertown VOR) to Kingston to avoid overflying significant portions of Lake Ontario. Kingston Radio provided updated weather conditions while sequencing traffic like a tower with the exception that no landing clearances were given. What the Heck is a LANRK? I had a schedule to keep. How can that be?

Runway 52

Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In a prior telephone conversation with the Rockliffe Flying Club, I was assured that I could pick up my IFR clearance in the air from Ottawa Terminal and planned to do exactly that. My filed route to Ogdensburg was via YOW (the Ottawa VOR) and IKLAX. Though completely unintentional, I liked the effect and kept it.

Approach 52

Approach Clearance Airplanes Runway 52