Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Proficiency is about developing and maintaining the skills you need to handle a wide range of conditions in the cockpit. You need to show your ability to read weather charts and NOTAMs. Its something that goes beyond legal requirements. Instead, it demands a deeper level of competence.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 7, 2025

Youll have to think about the risks for all factors at play before you get in the cockpit. Stress: Lifes pressures dont disappear when youre in the cockpit. It pushes you to consider these elements carefully before you even step into the cockpit. Terrain and NOTAMs Weather isnt the only thing you have to consider.

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NAFI

AUGUST 3, 2023

NAFI NOTAMs #45 Train train train ~Guest Blogger Randall Williams, CFII/MEI Mentally we train emergencies so that we’re ready when they happen. There was a moment of quiet in the cockpit as the rattling stopped. We were still flying. I had in fact cut off the fuel to the correct engine.

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CockPit Conversation

JULY 27, 2017

It's identical to Hotel, same winds, same altimeter, same multiple cloud layers, same tedious NOTAM about the new rule about STARs being changed back to the way it was, "inform ATC on initial contact that you have information Hotel." A few minutes later I hear WestJet checking in on frequency, "with India." I retune the ATIS and listen.

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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. In addition to providing continuous in-flight weather updates, ADS-B provides updates to NOTAMs and TFRs in flight too.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

This app is dedicated to a clean, graphical view of METARs, TAFs and NOTAMs and is perfect for a quick look at the latest text weather from your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. The platform also offers access to Garmin eLearning courses covering the Garmin TXi, Radar and G5000 systems. StationWeather.

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Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

It started out as a routine engine failure, but escalated rapidly when we began to smell what we thought at first was smoke, but which turned out to be oil, in the cockpit. After spending decades in the cockpit of a major airline, it was difficult getting back into general and corporate aviation. John Pulis ATP/Helo/CFII/A&P.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

When an area of volcanic ash is identified, the responsible VAAC will issue a Volcanic Ash Advisory (VAA), which is disseminated to pilots as a NOTAM or SIGMET via ATC, company network operations centers (NOCs), or weather services. In many ash encounters, pilots have reported seeing a clear or slightly hazy discolored sky ahead of them.

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CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 20, 2023

I've seen a candidate's own flight training listed on his resume with little point form duties and responsibilities, like checked NOTAMs and calculated weight and balance. Yup, it took the guy three years to get his licence, so he listed that in the same words as would someone who had spent three years training other people to fly.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

Perhaps you are transitioning to a G1000-equipped airplane and want to get a basic idea of how things are laid out in the cockpit. There is a lot of data to be processed in the instrument flying realm including weather, NOTAMs, approach plates, departures and arrivals, and more.

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Professional Pilot

JUNE 10, 2024

Let’s take another look at the digital cockpit aids now available to corporate pilots. A documents library that includes operations manuals, aircraft checklists, aircraft continuing airworthiness records, NOTAMs, and so on – all updated automatically. Add worldwide obstacles, interactive NOTAMs, and basic weather.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

A multi-state cross country trip like the one we were taking means a lot of time together in the close confines of an airplane cockpit. Per the chart, the field generally has fuel available and, while there was no NOTAM about fuel being unavailable that day, I could not find a fuel price in ForeFlight. gal) at Saginaw County / H.W.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 16, 2024

In addition to having the notice in digital form on your iPad or tablet, print it out and have a hard copy with you in the cockpit as a backup. 2024-NOTAM-FINAL Download The post Oshkosh 2024 Notice Outlines Changes for Pilots Flying to AirVenture appeared first on FLYING Magazine. Good luck, and we’ll see you at the show.

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