Learn to Fly

JUNE 18, 2024

Before a flight, pilots must do all they can to prepare for or avoid factors that are out of their control, such as weather. One of the many weather charts that are available are the significant weather (SIGWX) forecast charts. Or, create a different flight plan to avoid weather obstacles.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Most of the information filed in an IFR flight plan is based on weather forecasts that are released well before your wheels ever leave the ground. Here’s a look at what parts of the flight plan actually matter to ATC so that you know how to react if and when the weather conditions don’t match the forecast.

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Flyertalk

JULY 3, 2024

United’s newest technological tool gives flyers access to local maps with real-time weather updates, giving them even more information about delays and what they can expect during the day. The process starts at the carrier’s network operations center, where customer service teams work to identify weather issues which could delay flights.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 3, 2024

In addition to offering two-way flight plan syncing, most systems can wirelessly transmit ADS-B weather and traffic info from the panel to compatible iPad apps. It is also compatible with the GDL 69/69A to deliver XM weather and radio to your iPad. There are many hardware/app configuration options currently available.

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Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This is not only common sense, but it’s a legal requirement too: Preflight Action (FAR 91.103) – Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight.

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Ask a Flight Instructor

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Pilot is IFR current; Plane is not (expired pitot static check); Is it legal to fly under an IFR flight plan but in VMC? KHEF, Class D underlying Class B inside DC SFRA; much easier and efficient to fly this destination under an IFR flight plan. The weather on the planned day will be “severe clear”

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World Airline News

JULY 3, 2024

United Airlines now texts customers links to local, live radar maps during weather delays, as part of its industry-leading effort to give travelers as much real-time information as possible about their trip, especially if things don’t go as planned. United Airlines Boeing 737-924 ER SSWL N72405 (msn 30122) SEA (Bruce Drum).

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Learn to Fly

APRIL 11, 2024

The saying “ in like a lion out like a lamb ” is most often used for March, but April can also be a crazy weather month. While aviation training tends to focus on the go/no-go decision, equally critical are the continue/divert decisions that happen quite literally throughout the flight.

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World Airline News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Communications with city, county, state and federal emergency management officials and the National Weather Service in Melbourne are ongoing. The airport cannot accommodate local residents during severe weather events. We continue to ask passengers to check with their airlines about their flight plans.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If you’re flying IFR in winter weather, icing is a threat you have to actively prepare for. If you can understand the conditions that lead to icing and know how to react when it happens, you’ll keep yourself ahead of the harsh weather. And ice doesn’t just build on your wings; it can sneak up on you quickly.

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Learn to Fly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Pilots are one of the most weather-informed groups in the world. They must be, because a change in wind direction or a developing storm can make a mess of all their other careful planning. Figure 1: The Aviation Weather Center (AWC) home page. One such gem that aspiring pilots should get to know is the AWC website.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

Another CFII told me to check the weather, see what the flow is, and file to an initial approach fix for an approach in use. Answer: I advocate checking the weather and seeing what approaches are being supported by the conditions, then select an approach and file to an Initial Approach Fix (IAF) for that approach. Who is correct?

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Flightworx

MARCH 11, 2024

In the aviation industry, where profit margins are slim and operational excellence is critical, flight planning, buffer time, and fuel management are key to improving operational efficiency. This critical process involves: Route Selection : Choosing the most efficient path, considering weather, airspace restrictions, and fuel use.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ForeFlight ForeFlight first got its start as a weather app on iPhone and quickly grew into a full-featured EFB app as the iPad gained popularity among pilots. These profiles were created using data collected directly the manufacturers performance tables, providing highly accurate ETE and fuel calculations when planning a flight.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 10, 2025

And if not planned properly, a poorly executed descent can present challenges and unnecessary risks when transitioning to an approach or the traffic pattern. Pilots must consider a variety of factors including terrain, weather, airspace constraints, and aircraft performance, to ensure a smooth and safe descent.

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AV Web

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The flight lasted more than 10 hours and landed a few hundred miles from its departure point. It would appear almost everyone on the plane was belted when the rough air, associated with a strong weather system that brought late season convective storms and possible mountain wave effects to southeastern Greenland, was encountered.

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Inspire

MARCH 21, 2018

The Aviation Weather Center rolled out the Graphical Forecast for Aviation to replace the area forecast. The post Aviation Weather – Evolving for the Future first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Jetwhine

JUNE 24, 2024

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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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Key Takeaways An aircraft dispatcher coordinates flights, ensuring safety and efficiency from the ground. This includes checking the weather, creating flight plans, and communicating with pilots. It assesses your understanding of regulations, weather, navigation, and decision-making. Application. Critical Thinking.

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iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store. Almost all of these apps use the same data (from the National Weather Service), so it’s mostly how this data is presented that distinguishes apps from each other.

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AV Web

JULY 19, 2024

which the company says includes industry-leading new features such as more detailed weather briefings, background flight recording, and simplified flight planning among other upgrades. They also introduced a new version of the app, FlyQ+ EFB version 7.0, for 30 days.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Maybe it’s the Georgia flying weather, or maybe it’s the ever-increasing emphasis on “old” pilot instead of “bold” pilot, but it seems that flight planning these days is a lot more about if and when than about route and altitude. It’s only two hours by RV-9A, but there are gotchas lurking in the flight planning.

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iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store. Almost all of these apps use the same data (from the National Weather Service), so it’s mostly how this data is presented that distinguishes apps from each other.

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iPad Pilot News

JULY 30, 2024

Aviation Keyboard ForeFlight’s new aviation keyboard was designed for pilots to simplify the entry of flight plans, numerals, and latitude/longitude coordinates. This feature presents live, automated reports from other pilots who are flying with a Sentry portable weather receiver.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

The fully automated MultiScan weather radar also provides predictive analysis and advanced threat detection. In addition, the system offers predictive windshear and lightning detection, and SiriusXM graphical weather. The GWX 8000 StormOptix weather radar provides comprehensive weather information.

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Aviation Bussiness News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The selected suite includes five innovative solutions that complement the previously implemented N-Ops & Crew (N-OC), a comprehensive tool designed to manage network scheduling, operations control, crew planning, crew management, and real-time crew scheduling – all within a single system.

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Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

You have a flight planned from Currituck Co. Datalink weather. Your planned flight overflies the Class C Sacramento International airport (SMF) from west to east at a cruising altitude of 9,500' MSL. Take our latest quiz and test your knowledge of the details of ADS-B rules. ADS-B In equipment. ADS-B Out equipment.

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Simple Flying

APRIL 30, 2024

This article will focus on the two main types of planning: Visual (VFR) and instrument (IFR) rules. It will address some of the regulations involved with both forms of planning and touch on specific topics of interest for flight planning at the airline level.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 14, 2024

This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan). The AC “is intended only to provide clarity.”

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

So there I am circling in clear weather with a frown on my face. The weather was good with scattered cumulus floating around. axied about a thousand miles to FACTS the General Aviation parking area where I got gas and looked over the weather. Then I listened to a gal ask each station she passed for the weather ahead.

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Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This includes how to turn the iPad into your digital copilot, tips for flying with ADS-B weather on your iPad, and how to use ForeFlight to improve your flight planning. Topics include: – Leveraging an iPad when flying – Flying with ADS-B weather – Using ForeFlight to improve flight planning

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This allows you to take advantage of every flight planning and in-flight weather and navigation capability from anywhere on your phone. A single aviation app subscription works on multiple devices, and there is near full feature parity between the iPad and iPhone versions of ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot.

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Ask Captain Lim

MAY 31, 2024

Turbulent clouds are visible on weather radar, and pilots avoid them at all costs. Even clear air turbulence, which is not visible, can be tracked by analysing shear rates on computer flight plans, used alongside with weather charts provided to pilots before departure. If the value is 0, no turbulence is expected.

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Northstar VFR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The FAA offers a great risk management checklist that we are encouraged to use before each flight: PAVE. Maybe you’re flying with another pilot, and the weather conditions are great. It’s possible you could decide that you can make the flight safely. Is the weather within your personal minimums?

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Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

A pit stop at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (KCRE) was planned, and after a weather briefing, I filed an IFR flight plan. The Mooney is well-equipped for weather avoidance as it is equipped with a sophisticated spheric lighting detector. We were wheels up around 1:30pm.

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

The pilot and his passenger arrived at the airport around 13:00 local time for the pleasure flight. The weather was clear. Then he filled out a flight plan with their intended route to head to Jaunpass – Lenk – Col du Pillon – Aigle – Lausanne and then back to Gruyére.

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