Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In high-speed and high-altitude scenarios, like for military and commercial jets, compressibility affects the accuracy of your IAS. In lower-speed, low-altitude flights, IAS and EAS are almost the same. A positive reading means you’re climbing, while a negative one indicates descent. In a climb or descent, this is just as true.

True Airspeed 52

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Learn to Use a Mechanical E6-B Flight Computer Don’t let it intimidate you. For the pilots (often lapsed CFIs) who argue that the cockpits of turboprops and jets have flight management systems and backups on backups for navigation that will tell you wind correction angles, ground speed, time en route, etc.,

Aeronautical Information Manual 81

Aeronautical Information Manual Flight Computer Pilot Federal Aviation Regulations 81

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

ASA CX-3 Flight Computer Based on the ASA CX-3 Flight Computer for pilots, this E6B app allows you to perform routine aviation calculations on your iPhone or iPad. AvioFuel is primarily designed for turboprop and jet aircraft. and displays them in the app.

Weather 91

Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The resulting loss of lift leads to a rapid descent by the aircraft. All flight controls are actuated electronically, and theres no physical link between the control sidesticks in the cockpit and the flight surfaces. The electronic actuation is governed by a flight computer, which is able to move the ailerons very precisely.

Aileron 90

Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90