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8 Aviation Visual Illusions Pilots Often Experience

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When pilots are flying in VMC ( visual meteorological conditions ), vision plays a major role in sending correct signals to the brain on the pilots position, movement, and orientation. This visual illusion is prevalent at night when the sky is dark, and the pilot sees patterns of stars or ground lights.

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The Pitot-Static System: How It Works

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Blockages in the pitot tube or static port can lead to inaccurate or failed instrument readings. Pilots can use pitot heat or alternate static sources to handle blockages in-flight. Since static pressure changes with altitude and weather, the static port provides a constant reading of the current atmospheric pressure.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

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Drones have their own language, and its filled with abbreviations and acronyms that can be overwhelming for new drone pilots. Common Drone Acronyms and What They Mean Lets start off with the most basic acronyms that even beginner drone pilots should know. The effect is that the pilot feels like they are flying while inside the drone.

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Reflection 2024: A Grassroots Year

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It was not something that I dreamed of even as a student pilot and two decades on, I sometimes struggle to grasp the reality of it. Needing to fly two missed approaches at Sodus due to low weather. It was my first time going missed outside of a training exercise in a decade of being instrument rated. Hours in IMC: 8.7 / 87.8

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How to Obtain the Perfect Aviation Weather Briefing for Your Flight

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By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Technology in aviation has advanced tremendously since the early days of flying, but one thing has not changed: the weather. Perhaps one of the reasons is that the abundance of weather products available on the internet, TV, handbooks , etc. You should have your personal weather minimums written down.

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Master the Skies: Elevate Your Pilot Journey with CFI Academy’s 2-Week Instrument Rating (IR) Course

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CFI Academy presents an exhilarating opportunity for aviation enthusiasts with our 2-Week Instrument Rating (IR) Course. Designed to enhance your abilities and ensure safe flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) weather, this intensive program is your key to mastering the skies.

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Avionics and cockpit automation

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Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Honeywell Primus Epic F ederal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 91.205 prescribes the minimum instruments and equipment necessary for flight. As the flying environment grows more complex such as under instrument flight rules (IFR) additional instrumentation becomes critical.

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