Learn to Fly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Right to left: radar reflectivity; pilot report (PRIREP) icing, turbulence, or other; the flight category, signifying visual flight rules, instrument flight rules, etc.; The sheer number of options available in the legend gives you a hint to the amount of information available.

Weather 52

Weather Visual Flight Rules Instrument Flight Rules Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Many factors could prevent the controller from providing this service, such as: Radar Limitations Traffic Volume Controller Workload Frequency Congestion The workload-permitting service makes flight following different from Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) flights. Are you then forced to stick with that plan?

Transponder 52

Transponder Weather Pilot Flight Plan 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Bad data caused by turbulence, turns, and other anomalies was discarded. We like to keep our flights under 3 ½ hours so we can stretch, get a snack, and use a restroom. All of our flying started early in the mornings before afternoon turbulence and storms. Since I filed an IFR flight plan, I requested the Flagstaff One SID.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in the gloom.

Approach 97

Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 97