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EFB Schooling: In-Flight Information Guidance

Jetwhine

Pursuing my schooling on computer-aided flight plans, usually generated by an electronic flight bag (EFB—see Are You Current with the New Airman Certification Standards? for my ACS motivation), has led me to an FAA advisory circular, Use of Flight Deck Displays of Digital Weather and Aeronautical Information.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

Rather, it is affected by many factors, such as weather conditions and the presence of obstacles. FSS Flight Service Station A Flight Service Station (FSS) is a ground facility that relays information to aircraft pilots. TFRs are published in real-time and can be checked using drone flight planning apps or via LAANC.

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Avionics and cockpit automation

Professional Pilot

The package features an interactive navigation system (INAV), which allows a pilot to select and click flight plan-specific options within the flight management system (FMS). The Apex includes the INAV as well as on-screen graphical flight planning, dual FMS with coupled VNAV, WAAS with LPV capability, and synthetic vision.

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Business jet flight decks

Professional Pilot

The head-up guidance system (HGS) further improves visibility by overlaying critical flightpath data within the pilots forward field of view, even in foggy or reduced visibility conditions. The fully automated MultiScan weather radar also provides predictive analysis and advanced threat detection.

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Choosing an IFR Alternate Airport

Northstar VFR

by Gustin Robinson, FAA CFI-I ASEL Flying under instrument meteorological conditions keeps even a good pilot on their toes. But now, while flying in low visibility and overcast cloud layers, you have to rely on your instrumentation more than ever before and keep your eyes inside the airplane.

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Painted Cloudscapes to Saratoga Springs

Photographic Logbook

From flight planning, I knew that we would experience rain, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and darkness. Mitigating factors included no risk of convection (thunderstorms) or icing at our cruise altitude of 5,000 feet and VFR conditions expected to prevail at Saratoga Springs for our landing.

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Understanding Instrument Proficiency Checks: A Pilot’s Guide

Pilot's Life Blog

Regulatory Requirements for Instrument Currency Instrument Currency Basics To maintain instrument currency, the FAA mandates that within the preceding six months, a pilot must have performed and logged at least six instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting and tracking courses using navigational systems.