Gary's Flight Journal

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I only hooked up the tail tie down camera and one inside the cockpit camera, I really wasn't feeling the need today. Since I was tracking the VOR I decided to knock out a VOR check, flying the Waterloo 171 degree radial to the IAF FEMOD. I had activated the pre-heats when I got up this morning since we planed to fly at 1pm.

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VOR Approach Tail Cockpit 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.

NDB 52

NDB Checkride VOR Approach 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

For primary pilots, I like the manual E6-B because the wind side helps with visualization of crosswinds and learning about VORs. You will also be writing down things in the cockpit—for example, the information from the automated weather. You will use the E6-B during your knowledge test.

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Flight Computer Pilot Airplanes VOR 52

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. The answer itself is simple, the construct more complex. The reason is that it is time.

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Pilot General Aviation VOR Cockpit 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example: Pilot: Seattle Approach, Cessna November Four Five One Romeo, Two Zero miles west of Seattle VOR, at 8,000, with Sierra, to land. For example, ATC: Fly runway heading until two miles from Kennedy VOR, then turn right, heading one zero zero. Tips for Practicing in the Cockpit Youve done all you could on the ground.

Approach 52

Approach Clearance Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

If the runway could not be made my plan was to put the aircraft down in the field west of the airport close to the VOR. It is unlikely that an additional cockpit instrument, such as AOA, will provide any additional safety benefit in such stressed pilot situations. Stressed pilots can operate in ways contrary to training.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Ground school provides the theoretical knowledge needed to understand aviation principles, which youll later apply in the cockpit. Ground school teaches you how to read airspace charts, calculate routes, and use tools like VORs (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and GPS to navigate. Its a crucial part of becoming a pilot.

Pilot 52

Pilot Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

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Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot 100

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. From Williamsport, the Susquehanna River follows a ridgeline westbound to Lock Haven, former home of the Piper Aircraft Company. Do you have a prop lock?

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

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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Pilot Runway NOTAMs TWR 40