Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Well examine why they should always go hand-in-hand and how you can improve your skills to become a more capable pilot. Key Takeaways Currency ensures a pilot meets FAA legal requirements to act as pilot-in-command. Proficiency is a pilots ability to fly skillfully and safely beyond legal minimums.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

Rather, it is affected by many factors, such as weather conditions and the presence of obstacles. This means that, in most cases, a drone pilot flying in FPV will need a visual observer nearby. PIC Pilot in Command The PIC refers to the person who is ultimately responsible for the operations and safety of an aircraft.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These activities can be conducted in actual or simulated instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Regularly engaging in these procedures helps pilots retain their IFR skills and ensures preparedness for various flight scenarios. The ground portion reviews weather interpretation, flight planning, and IFR regulations.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Pilots can practice instrument procedures, cockpit resource management, and adverse weather handling, among many other skills. Light aircraft pilots are familiar with the bi-annual flight review. In the realm of corporate aviation, sim training offers a range of scenarios, from routine operations to emergency management.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This article will teach you ways to deal with weather, routes, altitude choices, and using helpful tools when flying in poor visibility. Key Takeaways Creating an IFR flight plan requires looking at weather patterns, fuel requirements, and alternate airports. At least 1 instrument approach procedure.

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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.

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