Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

This is a general aviation term that also applies to drone flight. VORTAC – VHF Omni-directional Range/Tactical Air Navigation VORTAC is a navigational aid operating in the VHF band that is used to provide guidance along airways, air traffic service routes, and intermediate and final approach tracks.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. Although 9/11 marked the weaponization of commercial aircraft, the aftereffects are felt most keenly by General Aviation.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

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JULY 14, 2024

We reached the island shortly after numerous other arrivals, our five airplanes creating a small arrival push at the uncontrolled general aviation airport. Final approach, runway 28, Block Island State Airport. Maneuvering for the traffic pattern south of Block Island. Photo by Steve.

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Runway Weather Airplanes Approach 89

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JULY 7, 2024

When we made the decision to flee Boston early all of those years ago, we reasoned that it was a short flight and access to downtown from an outlying general aviation airport was relatively simple via Uber. Once rolling on the runway, we were cleared to taxi to FlightLevel Aviation on the west side of the field.

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Approach Clearance Runway General Aviation 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

There can be up to three marker beacons on an approach: Outer Marker (flashes blue) – Represents the Final Approach Fix and/or glideslope intercept. ILS Categories Aircraft Approach Categories There are the categories listed on your instrument approach chart. Category B: 91 knots to less than 121 knots.

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Approach Knot Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

I’m not Lindbergh… This trip was ambitious for me, but quite common in the general aviation community. Phoenix Approach Control gave us a few delay vectors before turning us onto final approach. Small aircraft are designed for these kinds of flights.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This broad scope approach is ultimately needed to help keep our friends, created in the image of God, alive. The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators and impossible turns (return to the airport following engine failure).

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

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JULY 21, 2024

While Alyssa attended to the restaurant, Mark and I pushed the Warrior back into a parking space at the unique general aviation airport occupying a terraced hillside. Watching the stalwart amphibian on final approach, I was reminded of how solid the aircraft felt in the air when I got to fly her.

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Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 88

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JANUARY 25, 2025

Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. The entire morning was a parade of general aviation airplanes swooping low (some lower than others) over the parking area before touching down on the ice. It was only half full of parked aircraft.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Jetwhine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Using HD cameras, controllers can zoom in on any given point within the cameras range, say an aircraft on final approach. An important update to the Remote Tower project appeared in a recent edition of the Reason Foundations Aviation News Policy newsletter, written by the foundations director of Transportation Policy, Bob Poole.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Final Approach Approach 63

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Yet, statistics show that go-arounds are among the riskiest maneuvers in general aviation. A go-around is a maneuver performed to abort or reject a landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. After all, stopping landing while you’re already flying shouldn’t be too complicated.

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

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AUGUST 3, 2024

While the whole thing did not quite go as planned because long general aviation cross country flights rarely do, it was a wonderful trip and a great opportunity to share some of the beauty of my home state with friends from the East who really had no idea what to expect.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 86

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. The contents of this article have been limited to commercial aircraft performing public transport flights, whether carrying cargo or passengers (or both).

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Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer 258

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

said the company is the world’s largest privately owned aircraft manufacturer and was the number 1 seller of single-engine piston planes in the first quarter of 2024, according to the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA) figures. Clearing the final approach path, we extended full flaps and stabilized at 70 knots.

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Knot Rudder Airplanes Gross Weight 95