Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there.

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A combination of weather and a global pandemic kept us away from Benton for five years. Lunch was served in a large hangar with plenty of space to dine under tents. Pilots in command were provided with a free "Fly-In and Pig Out" T-shirt that I have since turned into a wall decoration in my hangar.

Runway 76

Runway Airplanes Pilot General Aviation 76

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 15, 2024

Port Meadville Airport Seventy Seven Years Port Meadville Airport's gate leads directly onto a residential street, though one of the first houses had a hangar within which a J3 Cub waited for its next flight. Tragically, her instructor's Cessna Cardinal crashed after departing into severe weather from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Approach 52

Approach Pilot Runway Pilot in Command 52

Universal Weather

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is done by an appointed airport vendor, and the pilot in command (PIC) should be available to open the cargo door. Weather The island has two main seasons: rainy and dry. Note that the only airport with hangar space available for transient GA movements is MDJB.

Flight Plan 52

Flight Plan Clearance Fixed Base Operator General Aviation 52

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

The previously mentioned initial type rating is the most ubiquitous form of regulatory need-to-have training for professional pilots. According to US regulations, a type rating is required for the pilot-in-command (PIC) of heavy aircraft (those with a max takeoff weight [MTOW] of more than 12,500 lb) or turbojet-powered airplanes.

Pilot 40

Pilot Pilot in Command Jet Cockpit 40

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

But getting there from Rochester, NY is never a simple task and not only requires the runway to be open with favorable conditions, but the weather between here and there must be amenable to a six hour round trip there and back again. Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Still.not cool.

Runway 68

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

The problem is, there’s more than this one limitation involved in the average flight, beyond just the perils that can be met by our piloting ability. We need to consider the full range of hazards we’re facing, and that involves more than just assessing the pilot’s ability.

Density Altitude 61

Density Altitude Airplanes Wind Shear Pilot 61