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E6B Made Easy: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide

Pilot Institute

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. You can also use it for unit conversions, estimating wind correction angles, and figuring out density altitude.

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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

I’m not Lindbergh… This trip was ambitious for me, but quite common in the general aviation community. Small aircraft are designed for these kinds of flights. I spent a few months researching aircraft performance and high altitude airport flying techniques.

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Pilot’s aviation app directory – 2025 Edition

iPad Pilot News

AC-U-Kwik World Edition Provides precise and up-to-date information about airports, FBOs, handlers and other data services for the aviation industry. Air Navigation Pro This flight planning and GPS navigation app is designed for VFR pilots and offers international support, including charts for the US, Europe, South America and more.

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Flying the Grand Canyon

AeroSavvy

The front side of the chart shows the corridors and procedures for general aviation aircraft. The ForeFlight app includes only the general aviation side. The paper chart is far easier to use for planning. Both the paper and PDF/TIF chart include the general aviation and air tour operator side.

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

Universal Weather

Tulum (MMTL) New Option for Business Aviation ATTENTION: Embedded Video Playback Unavailable - Due to your current cookie preferences, videos embedded on this page cannot be displayed. Flight Plans: Submit ICAO flight plans as early as possible. miles (3.06 miles (3.06 miles (3.06

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Cold Cases

Plane and Pilot

The airplane’s engine, propeller, and wings, which have struggled all summer against the ravages of high temperatures and density altitude, are now in their happy place. Some general aviation singles come with winterization kits that are especially effective at keeping the oil and cylinder head temperatures in the green band.

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Cold Cases

Plane and Pilot

The airplane’s engine, propeller, and wings, which have struggled all summer against the ravages of high temperatures and density altitude, are now in their happy place. Some general aviation singles come with winterization kits that are especially effective at keeping the oil and cylinder head temperatures in the green band.

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