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Quiz: Flight Planning with Sporty’s E6B

Flight Training Central

During flight training, youll learn to plan your cross-country flights first by hand and use the E6B each step of the way. It will assist with flight planning questions and you can bring your electronic E6B into the testing center to use during the actual test. 926 175 167 Correct! knots Correct!

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The five most frequently missed Private Pilot Written Test questions—August 2024

Flight Training Central

These commonly missed questions often focus on nuanced regulations, meteorology, flight planning, and airspace rules. What condition applies when taking off at a high density altitude? What is the difference between a normal landing and a crosswind landing? Denotes entrance to runway from a taxiway.

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Centerline, centerline, centerline

Air Facts

We started up the engine, got the weather, asked the tower for our instrument flight plan, and began to taxi from the T-hangars on the east side of the field down the familiar route of “Hotel, Echo” to runway 18 right for a departure to the north with a turn to the east. My left crosswind became left downwind very quickly.

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Quintana Roo, Mexico: Operating to Cancun, Tulum, and Cozumel – 2025 Business Aviation Destination Guide

Universal Weather

Permits and Flight Plans Landing Permits: Private Operators: AIU landing permits are issued on arrival and remain valid for 180 days unless theres a crew change. Flight Plans: Submit ICAO flight plans as early as possible. Airport Overview Time to Downtown : ~10 minutes Distance to Downtown : 1.9

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Triple Threat of Limitations

Plane and Pilot

And the finest example of a Cirrus SR22 is not going to want to lift a full load out of a backcountry strip on a warm afternoon with a density altitude reading five digits. Too many pilots have believed the brochure brag of a 700-mile range and have flight planned accordingly, to their eventual regret.

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In Defense of the Paper Nav Log

Air Facts

If you don’t know which is which, and don’t how to apply magnetic variation, how can you figure out the crosswind youre confronting on your landing? Winds on the surface, and winds at altitude: both concepts are covered in the nav-log lesson. When are winds reported as true, and when are they reported as magnetic?

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Operating to Mexico During Spring Break 2025: Business Aviation Guide

Universal Weather

Permits and Flight Plans Landing Permits: Private Operators: AIU landing permits are issued on arrival and remain valid for 180 days unless theres a crew change. Flight Plans: Submit ICAO flight plans as early as possible. Flight Plans: Submit ICAO flight plans as early as possible.