Pilot in Command Transponder Weather 
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Unexpected issues like engine trouble or bad weather make routine flights a handful. Benefits include enhanced safety, terrain alerts, weather advisories, and emergency assistance. Aircraft must have a radio and transponder to receive flight following. Depending on airspace, a Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out may be required.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. That’s obviously the heading ATC expects you to be flying when you contact them after leaving the traffic pattern, but it’s also a reminder that you as the pilot in command are responsible for terrain and traffic avoidance right after takeoff.
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Pilot Institute
APRIL 24, 2024
From entry and weather requirements to interacting with ATC, we have you covered. All aircraft inside the veil must have an operating Mode C transponder and ADS-B Out. A Mode-C transponder (automatic altitude reporting capability) inside the Mode C Veil. Keeping track of all the rules and regulations might seem like too much.
Air Facts
AUGUST 5, 2024
It has a mid-time engine (O-320-D3G rated at 160 hp), fairly recent annual inspection and 24 month pitot-ptatic/transponder test. Following a check of the weather, NOTAMS and TFR’s, you are confronted with some decisions to make. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there.
Inflight Pilot Training
APRIL 16, 2024
Pilot Documents To fly into Canada, the pilot in command must have a valid passport, a pilot certificate with an English proficient endorsement, a medical certificate and a restricted radiotelephone operator’s permit. As such, it’s important to know about weather and communication.
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