Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

maximum weight and 120 knots maximum speed (a Cessna Skycatcher, for example). A 1 st Class medical is required when flight operations require an Air Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. An ATP is required to act as the Pilot in Command (PIC) or Captain of a scheduled airliner.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Airplanes Air Traffic Control 98

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

The general prognosis indicated no icing in the clouds, no turbulence and a quartering headwind from the west resulting in a mere five knots of headwind component. Instead of a gentle breeze out of the west, we had over 20 knots of headwind blowing out of the south. Obviously, the winds aloft were nowhere near forecast.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

I don’t have such a story since I am always diligent about minimizing my exposure to adverse weather when I am the pilot in command (PIC). As we turned to intercept the localizer, the winds were 360 at 53 knots at 2,000 feet, according to our wind vector on the primary flight display.

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Weather Wind Shear Clearance Turbulence 109

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Minimum Pilot Certification for Class B Airspace Due to the complexity of the airspace, the FAA requires you to have a minimum level of certification or a minimum amount of training and an endorsement in order to fly within Class B airspace. Hold a student pilot certificate and have met the training and endorsement requirements in 61.94

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Indicated Airspeed Airspace Classes Clearance Pilot in Command 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

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. However, a drone pilot could more specifically be referred to as the Remote Pilot in Command or RPIC.

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Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 15, 2024

The NTSB ruled the cause of the crash to be the instructor's decision to launch into poor weather conditions, putting the blame with the pilot in command exactly where it belonged. Tragically, her instructor's Cessna Cardinal crashed after departing into severe weather from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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Approach Pilot Runway Pilot in Command 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Pilot Requirements You’re allowed to enter Class B airspace only if: The PIC (Pilot in Command) holds at least a private pilot certificate. The PIC holds a recreational pilot certificate and meets the requirements of 14 CFR § 61.101. The PIC holds a sport pilot certificate with 14 CFR § 61.325 endorsements.

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 52

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 24, 2024

As an added bonus in 2024, breakfast was free to all pilots in command who flew in. I think it may have been the first fly-in pancake breakfast for student pilots Alyssa and Eric. With a 15 knot headwind, we were airborne 1.8 I enjoy Piseco’s pancake breakfasts. Alyssa, Kristy, and me flying home from Ticonderoga.

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Runway Airplanes General Aviation Pilot in Command 61

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Increasing The Aircraft Speed Small, light, and low-powered aircraft such as the Cessna 172 have a relatively narrow operational speed range ranging from 40 knots up to about 160 knots. Commercial airliners fly at speeds above 300 knots but also need to be controllable at speeds below 150 knots.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

Assuming the mighty Warrior can produce a groundspeed of 90 knots, you take that number, divide it by 60, and you’ll end up with 1.5. It’s your Pilot in Command responsibility under 91.103. First off, in order for 343’ per nautical mile to have any useful value, I’ve got to convert it to something I can use, (i.e., Multiply 1.5

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Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. With as much as 25 knots of tailwind, we made the flight from Sodus to Alton Bay in only two hours. Since 2019, pilots in command have been presented with poker chips -- what the Alton Bay crew fittingly call "ice chips" -- commemorating landing at Alton Bay.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 71

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

Make this one of the key measures of your pilot proficiency: can you maintain a predetermined airspeed with a maximum deviation of +10/-5 knots (the Private Pilot ACS)? In fact, I believe most pilots need fewer stalls and more slow flight in their training diet (at least after the Private checkride).

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Knot Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. Other than that, what? Curious mistakes for a well-trained crew.

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent 52