Pilot's Life Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Moving air from outside feeds into the pitot tubes and fills a pressure diaphragm. The sensor detects the amount of force from the pitot impact pressure and gives it airspeed indications by converting those values into speed. Airline pilots also need to know airspeed so they can know when to engage the landing gear.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Calibrated Airspeed 52

Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Friends and fellow pilots who had gone before me and passed their commercial checkrides all commented that the commercial checkride was the easiest regarding the oral exam and the practical (flying) portion. About halfway through the conversation, the examiner started asking about the pitot-static system.

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Longitudinal Axis Pitot Tube Checkride Pilot 59

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

In 2008, pilot Martin Michaud of Monte Vista, CA, acquired the aircraft from the late John Hannigan, whose name remains on the forward canopy frame in his honor. Wanting to share his passion for warbirds, Michaud took pilots up in the backseat of the Vultee, registered as N59842, around the San Francisco Bay area. Rock on guys!!

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Pitot Tube Cockpit Pilot Hangar 111

iPad Pilot News

AUGUST 20, 2024

Understanding pressure altitude and GPS altitude in aviation apps iPad Pilot News Ten years ago, ForeFlight introduced synthetic vision and gave pilots a new way to view the world on their iPads. The screenshot below shows the Garmin Pilot synthetic vision screen, while flying at 10,500 feet. One option is to use panel avionics.

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Altimeter Indicated Airspeed Pitot Tube Groundspeed 111

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

It works by reading the difference between static pressure and total pressure from air flowing into a pitot tube. Common Misconceptions and FAQs Airspeed and altitude may seem like day-one ground school topics, but a lot of new pilots still get them wrong. Keep learning and keep flying!

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The instrument provides pilots with a surprising amount of information. Read on to find out how the classic SI-800 works and how pilots use it! Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage. The window is blank below.400

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Flight Training Central

APRIL 8, 2024

The pitot-static system is the source of valuable flight information for the pilot. Take this quiz to find out if you have mastered the finer details of the pitot-static system. Which instrument will become inoperative if the pitot tube becomes clogged? But how does it work and what instruments are affected?

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Altimeter Airplanes Pitot Tube True Altitude 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Repairs included replacing the pitot tube/angle-of-attack sensor and the outside air temperature probe. It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are. I’m focusing on the old pilot part, not the bold pilot. Hmm, OK, how about the LPV approach?

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 87

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It can also disrupt sensors needed for flight safety, like the pitot tubes. If ice blocks a pitot tube, your aircraft’s instruments will provide inaccurate airspeed readings. Most aircraft are equipped with a pitot heater to prevent icing in the pitot tube.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes it’s emotional—the Beech Starship, what few of them are still in the wild, inevitably wow viewers of both the pilot and nonpilot persuasion. In fact, the unusual pitot-tube location—it peeks out from the center of the prop spinner—was chosen to reduce fuselage-to-wing connections. But successful? Not at all.

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For IFR pilots, being aware of icing conditions is important for maintaining safety during winter operations. As a pilot, you must remain alert, no matter the season. Pay attention to PIREPs (Pilot Reports) that mention icing. Provide PIREPs to assist other pilots and enhance weather forecasting. Heated windshields.

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Weather Pitot Tube OAT Tail 52

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

Descending rapidly, the pilots attempted to restart the engines repeatedly, finally managing to restart one engine at 12,000 ft. It can also become lodged in pitot tubes or other ports, making altitude and airspeed readings unreliable. If a pilot can see an ash cloud, the ash concentration is almost certainly a danger.

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Pitot Tube Weather Pilot NOTAMs 40

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

On December 26, 1956, Convair’s chief test pilot Richard Lowe Johnson took in 56-451 for the F-106’s maiden flight. On December 15, 1959, Air Force test pilot Major Joseph W. Foust would describe the incident thusly: “The aircraft looked like the pitot tube was stationary with the aircraft rotating around it.

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Pitot Tube Ground Effect Drag Pilot 59