Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

READ MORE: Cirrus Adds Second Vision Jet Simulator In this scenario, the options are a 180-degree turn using only rudder to avoid overbanking—common when you lose the outside horizon reference—to get back to VFR conditions or contacting ATC to ask where the nearest VFR is. It might be no greater than 6 knots with gusts to 10 mph.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

We flew at 7,000 feet with as much as a 30 knot tailwind. Tom and I filed via the Rockdale VOR, which was a starting point on the Nobbi Five arrival procedure used in the greater New York area. Two jets and one piston aircraft were queued up to depart from the same runway when we arrived.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

The fast jets and faster-talking controllers can be intimidating. These simpler classes cannot handle major international airports’ constant high-speed jet traffic. Keeping jet traffic safe alongside slower general aviation aircraft is harder still. It’s understandable. Managing so many aircraft is challenging.

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Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Our ride at six thousand five was smooth despite the brutal headwinds at thirty plus knots. Asking for lower we settled for fifteen to twenty knots still in our face at four thousand five hundred. As we approached Barrett’s Mountain VOR you could make out the mountains ahead.

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Navigation equipment includes a Garmin GNS-530W GPS navigator and two VOR receivers for secondary navigation. I configured the airplane the same way as noted on the Piper Climb chart: 105 mph (91 knots), flaps 10 ° , full throttle. An autopilot and Aspen primary flight display reduce workload on long flights.

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Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52