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How to customize the built-in Control Center on your iPad or iPhone

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We had some fun with it on a flight converging with a FedEx Boeing 767 over a VOR in Tennessee, to record ForeFlight traffic alert colors. Brightness: Drag the brightness control up or down to adjust the brightness of your display. Text Size: Tap, then drag the slider up or down to make the text on your device larger or smaller.

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How to Choose the Best Alternate Airport for Your IFR Flight: A Pilot’s Guide

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Drag the time slider to your planned arrival time and zoom in on your destination to see the forecast ceilings. This provides a model-based forecast for the entire U.S., showing expected cloud bases and tops 18 hours into the future. You can check the forecast visibility the same way, by selecting the CIG/VIS layer.

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How to Choose the Best Alternate Airport: A Guide for Instrument Pilots

Flight Training Central

Drag the time slider to your planned arrival time and zoom in on your destination to see the forecast ceilings. This provides a model-based forecast for the entire U.S., showing expected cloud bases and tops 18 hours into the future. You can check the forecast visibility the same way, by selecting the CIG/VIS layer.

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What Is Pilot Ground School?

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Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Youll learn how the four forces of flightlift, drag, thrust, and weightinteract to keep an aircraft in the air. Lets break down what you can expect from these topics.

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The Key West of Ohio

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West of the Geneseo VOR, I passed high above Silver Lake and the gorge in Letchworth State Park. I was initially flummoxed by the drag strip extending southward from the east end of runway 28 and flew downwind with a big offset from the runway to avoid flying over massive bleachers packed with hot rod enthusiasts.

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