Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Scenario 4: Crosswinds If only flight instructors could control the weather, we’d have the learners practicing crosswind takeoffs and landings on a regular basis. It might be no greater than 6 knots with gusts to 10 mph. Then the CFI should increase the winds so they are 10 knots (or more) above the demonstrated crosswind component.

Crosswind 105

Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Plane and Pilot

JULY 16, 2024

Example question: How long will it take to travel 35 nautical miles at a ground speed of 105 knots? These graphs will look very similar to graphs found in your aircraft’s pilot operating handbook that are used for flight planning. You don’t need a full sim to practice using VORs, though.

Density Altitude 71

Density Altitude Pilot Center of Gravity VOR 71

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I completed my pre flight with only needing to sump fuel on departure day. My Garmin 480 is updated and I have my flight plan ready for entry after planning on Foreflight. Our ride at six thousand five was smooth despite the brutal headwinds at thirty plus knots. Saturday 11.4 Monday 11.6 Wednesday 11.8

Approach 52

Approach Knot VOR Weather 52

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. Once south of Myrtle Beach I was turned direct Charleston VOR. Mary had the garlic knots along with the Italian chop salad. My next step is entering my flight plan on the Garmin 480. We finished breakfast and headed to the airport. We were stuffed!

Runway 105

Runway Approach Weather VOR 105

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

We flew at 7,000 feet with as much as a 30 knot tailwind. Tom and I filed via the Rockdale VOR, which was a starting point on the Nobbi Five arrival procedure used in the greater New York area. At Million Air, I helped myself to a Coke while I filed an IFR flight plan home. (In

Clearance 52

Clearance Knot Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes 52

Gary's Flight Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

The Weather Watch Some of my go to weather pages have changed or gone away but I have been working on some new to me weather tools for my cross country flight planning. Pre-Flight It's the day before departure and I am going to complete my preflight and fuel sump. Sunday 3.10

Weather 52

Weather VOR Knot Hangar 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