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Top 10 apps for Student Pilots

iPad Pilot News

In addition to displaying digital charts and navigation data in the cockpit, the iPad is also very good for both organization and as a training resource on the ground. Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store.

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Top 10 apps for Student Pilots

iPad Pilot News

In addition to displaying digital charts and navigation data in the cockpit, the iPad is also very good for both organization and as a training resource on the ground. Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store.

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What to Expect When Learning to Fly

Flying Magazine

Bring both with you to your flight lessons. You will want to get a gear bag to carry these materials along with a notebook for taking notes and writing down information in the cockpit. Learn to Use a Mechanical E6-B Flight Computer Don’t let it intimidate you. We can’t control the weather.

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Pointers for Packing Your First Flight Bag

Flying Magazine

Courtesy: ASA] E6-B Flight Computer The flight computer is a must-have. You will also be writing down things in the cockpit—for example, the information from the automated weather. Notebook and Pen There is a lot of note taking as a pilot.

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What a Pilot Should Pack in a Flight Bag

Plane and Pilot

These tools can be in both paper and/or electronic formats and include, but are not limited to: Flight manuals (e.g., pilot’s operating handbook, aircraft flight manual) Navigation charts (e.g., AirPods) Compression socks Packing Tips Most pilots often fly with two bags, a flight bag and carry-on luggage.

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Flight deck electronic aids

Professional Pilot

For most pilots, electronic flight bags (EFBs) have sent all that paper for recycling. Let’s take another look at the digital cockpit aids now available to corporate pilots. Some level of weather reports and forecasting – METARs, area forecasts, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and pireps can be expected.