Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

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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Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Before you become a commercial pilot, it’s important to know how to obtain a good weather briefing. Flying in appropriate weather helps make your flight enjoyable and keeps your passengers safe. Outlook briefing : You’ll obtain this briefing as you plan your flight several days before you depart.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aerotime

JANUARY 30, 2025

AI provides spotters with data on weather and flight plans and general conditions. However, pilots must be trained in critical analysis and monitoring to work with AI assisted flight systems. While technological advancements can make a big difference in the ATC field, the human element remains essential.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These commonly missed questions often focus on nuanced regulations, meteorology, flight planning, and airspace rules. Of what value is the Weather Depiction Chart to the pilot? For determining general weather conditions on which to base flight planning Correct! Refer to figure 18.)

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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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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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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

It was early winter, but the current skies and projected weather looked favorable, so I decided to fly rather than drive. I decided to fly first and eat later due to approaching weather (mistake #1), and, after a weather briefing, estimated I could get to Chicago (DuPage Airport (KDPA)) before the weather from the west did (mistake #2).

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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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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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Air Facts

JANUARY 22, 2025

We discontinued the test with a plan to resume the following day. Me heading indicator had precessed significantly in the first 10 minutes of the flight. The weather was still good, and the database had been updated. Truth be told, with all my training, at no time did an instructor have me file a flight plan.

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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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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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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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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This is not only common sense, but its 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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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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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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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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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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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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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Laying the Groundwork Through Study, Practice, and Review The ACS is your study blueprint, outlining every knowledge area and flight task youll be expected to demonstrate. Its organized into areas of operation, including preflight preparation, airport operations, and cross-country flight planning.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. On a flight from Kalispell to Great Falls, Montana, as captain I said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this will be a scenic, pleasant 45-minute flight. Great Falls weather is fair and warm. Enjoy your flight.”

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