Cockpit Flight Plan Groundspeed 
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Key Takeaways The E6B is a mechanical slide rule that helps pilots make calculations useful for flight planning Use the slide rule side to calculate time, speed, fuel, and air density calculations. Learn how to use the wind side to find groundspeed and wind correction angles. Say youre going on a cross-country flight.
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 11, 2025
IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. The alert is only triggered when groundspeed is above 40 knots or the connected device does not have a GPS fix. MSL and 25,000 ft.
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iPad Pilot News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
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.
iPad Pilot News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
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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NOVEMBER 25, 2023
Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 25 Nov 2023 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - AQW (North Adams, MA) - SDC 3.8 For both Scott and I, it was an opportunity to get back into the cockpit and fly for the simple sake of flying. Aside from a groundspeed boost from a tailwind, the outbound flight was nondescript.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 14, 2024
Eventually, the FAA’s Flight Technology group acknowledged the benefits of flying with datalink weather in the cockpit and released Advisory Circular 00-63A in 2014. For example, a pilot of a light twin aircraft, flying at a medium altitude with a tailwind could easily have a groundspeed in excess of 200 knots.
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