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Avionics and cockpit automation

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For example, a traditional airspeed indicator shows only real-time changes, while a glass cockpits trend indicator calculates exactly where the airspeed will be over a fixed unit of time and can trigger alerts or automated corrections if thresholds are breached. One of the best examples thats currently in service is the Gulfstream G280.

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

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However, a forecast for low IFR weather in that part of Maine led us to cancel it. I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. We spent some time in instrument meteorological conditions over Vermont.

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Alton Bay's "Excellent Water"

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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. Should that guy be so close to the threshold?" Joe asked. My hypothesis is that Paul et al.

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