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ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts

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ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts iPad Pilot News Datalink weather stole the show when portable ADS-B technology debuted over a decade ago, providing pilots with free in-flight weather imagery in mobile apps like ForeFlight.

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ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

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Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Consider what calls might come up given the route of flight and the types of airspace and weather it might pass through.

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ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Consider what calls might come up given the route of flight and the types of airspace and weather it might pass through.

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

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It was not an inspiring morning to fly out of Sodus, but I knew that the poor weather was localized to the Lake Ontario shore and that Washington DC was forecast to be sunny and significantly warmer. Flying within the SFRA, whether it is within the FRZ or not, requires all aircraft to broadcast an assigned transponder code.

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Round Dials or Glass Cockpits?

Plane and Pilot

If you learned to fly on glass panels, as so many students do today, transitioning back to the traditional round dials, especially IFR in the weather, is similar to mastering the tailwheel. If you are still listening to the AM baseball and weather on your ADF, its days, at least in the U.S., However, the reverse is not true.

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