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CEO Of The Cockpit: The Good Old Days

AV Web

Had he investigated the cockpit of my ride, he might have noticed the ADSb capability, two electronic multi-function displays, the panel-mounted GPS backed up with an iPad using Foreflight driven by a Sentinel, and the rescue hand-held GPS in the glovebox. The idea of hanging a video camera on our struts or cockpits would have horrified us.

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How to set up aircraft equipment codes in aviation apps to file VFR/IFR flight plans

iPad Pilot News

requests detailed information about your airplane’s navigation, communication, surveillance (transponder) and survival equipment. You probably don’t have any of theother equipment options listed in this grouplike ACARS/SATCOM/CPDLC (unless you own an Airbus or a Boeing jet), soskip those options and continue on.

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The Last Pilot

Air Facts

It is one of the first airplanes designed around the concept of a single pilot in the cockpit, and the level of automation was impressive. Landing lights, pitot heat, transponder, and deice systems require no human intervention. The HondaJet is one of the first airplanes designed around the concept of a single pilot in the cockpit.

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This 1984 Cessna 650 Citation III Is a Groundbreaking ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Flying Magazine

Cessna’s first Citation jets broke new ground in the early 1970s with their forgiving flight characteristics, easy handling, passenger comfort, and economical operation. Pilots who are interested in a jet with more cabin space and longer range than many light jets should consider this 1984 Cessna 650 Citation III, which is available for $1.2

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

The J-4’s cockpit is wider than the more common J-3, and the second generation brought about the replacement of the open cowl with exposed exhaust ports with a fully enclosed cowl. The plane has no internal radio, so cockpit and external communications were running through a portable intercom plugged into a portable radio.

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ILS Explained (With Examples)

Pilot Institute

An audible tone or a visual light in the cockpit helps identify the position. Includes light twin-engine aircraft and some business jets. Commercial airliners, like smaller regional jets. Larger commercial aircraft; larger jets like the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320. Hence why the pilots would use marker beacons.

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Frontier A321 crew smelt burning rubber odor before fiery LAS landing: NTSB  

Aerotime

Just prior to descent, the chemical smell was detected in the forward section of the aircraft by cabin crew staff and then by the captain and the first officer in the cockpit. As a result, the display screens, radio, and transponder stopped functioning on the first officer’s side and control was moved to the captain’s side.

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