Air Facts

JANUARY 20, 2025

A Night Flying Experience I’ll Never Forget Air Facts Journal When I earned my Private license, specific training in night flying was required if the new pilot planned to fly at night. A pilot was lost in the dark, in and out of the clouds. Controllers there assigned a transponder code.

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Transponder Pilot Flight Plan 98

Flight Training Central

MARCH 10, 2025

To warn pilots of a high volume of pilot training or other unusual aerial activity. Have an operating transponder with altitude reporting. Pilots flying within __ NM of the Washington D.C. When are you required to have an ADS-B out transponder when flying near Class B airspace?: Class B, C, D and E airspace.

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Visual Flight Rules Transponder Instrument Flight Rules Ceiling 92

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 18, 2025

For a certain segment of pilots looking to travel a certain distance, a fast, personal airplane can serve as a veritable time machine. A Garmin GTX 327 transponder paired with a Sky Beacon provides ADS-B out functionality, ensuring Class Bravo and Charlie airports remain accessible. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Airplanes Drag Knot 98

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

As a pilot or aircraft owner, keeping your airplane airworthy is one of the most important things you can do. T – Transponder Check Your transponder, which helps air traffic control see your airplane on radar, needs to be inspected every 24 months. The post AVIATES Acronym Explained appeared first on Pilot Institute.

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Annual Inspection VOR Federal Aviation Regulations Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 22, 2025

A Garmin radio and transponder complete the modernization. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1948 Cessna 170 appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. With a handsome red, white, and gray exterior and a gray interior, this 170 looks good, as well. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Stability Airplanes Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 7, 2025

Pilots flying traditional twins with an engine on each wing must be concerned with Vmc, or minimum-controllable airspeed. A Garmin GNX 375 GPS/transponder has also been added, introducing ADS-B in and out functionality. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1963 Cessna 336 Skymaster appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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Thrust Transponder Airplanes Pilot 78

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 20, 2025

The radio and transponder are compact Becker units that fall easily to the left hand without taking up much panel space. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1948 Stinson 108-3 appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Stability Tail Airplanes 96

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

I dont exactly fit the standard pilot profile of Game Aerospaces GB1 GameBird But theres always been something about the GameBird that has piqued my interest. Its first-class team, led by Ian Waghorn, ensures that pilots leave the training program feeling confident, competent, and safe in their new or new-to-them GameBird.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

iPad Pilot News

MAY 3, 2024

Pilot’s guide to the iPad connected panel iPad Pilot News The “connected panel” concept was first introduced around 2011, about a year after the original iPad hit the market, as a technology platform that would allow pilots to set up a wireless 2-way connection between an iPad app and the certified avionics in the panel.

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Transponder Weather Flight Plan Pilot 98

Air Facts

JUNE 17, 2024

The Last Pilot Air Facts Journal I took my first ride in a HondaJet and I have to say, I’m intrigued. It is one of the first airplanes designed around the concept of a single pilot in the cockpit, and the level of automation was impressive. Pilots will become more “hands-off” and require fewer flying skills.

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Pilot Cockpit Transponder Jet 98

AV Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Some of them seem funny to us now, like the fact that most of our airplanes had no radios or, God forbid, transponders and ELTs, while other facets of the 1970s are tragic. None of the pilots or flying students were female or sported a skin color other than beige. I gave tons of type rating, and ATP check rides in that box.

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Flight Deck Transponder Cockpit Checkride 95

iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 21, 2025

How to set up aircraft equipment codes in aviation apps to file VFR/IFR flight plans iPad Pilot News All VFR and IFR flight plans must be filed using the ICAO form. requests detailed information about your airplane’s navigation, communication, surveillance (transponder) and survival equipment.

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Flight Plan Transponder VOR Airplanes 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

It has long been said that the private pilot certificate is a “license to learn” as it is the foundation of a person’s flying career. Subscribe Now Featured I am not a DPE, but for several years I have been a check pilot providing mock check rides for applicants at the request of their CFIs.

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Pilot Knot Annual Inspection VOR 116

AV Web

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Germain On a nice fall afternoon, I was returning to my home airport after a Missouri Pilots Association board meeting. Center: “No, ma’am, not unless they’re equipped with transponders.” From IFR Magazine reader Chris St. Warrior: “Roger. Could those be migratory waterfowl?”

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Transponder Pilot 103

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 31, 2025

Despite how many licensed pilots, mechanics, dispatchers, and other countless ground support staff there are, everyone seems to be somehow connected. In the case of warbird restorer and pilot Mike Porter, a lifetime in aviation seems predetermined upon his birth. Aviation is a large but close-knit community.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Annual Inspection 105

Thrust Flight

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Squawk is a common term used in air traffic control to describe a specific type of radio signal that comes from the plane’s transponder. So this funny word is not just for the birds–pilots of […] The post What is a Squawk in Aviation? Or all three?

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Air Traffic Control Transponder Thrust Pilot 98

AV Web

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Various theories have been explored on the disappearance from hypoxia to pilot suicide. The transponder signal ended just before the plane deviated from its flight path and was last tracked flying west over the Andaman Sea.

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Transponder Pilot Airlines Airline 111

Flexair

JULY 3, 2024

This article is invaluable for student pilots, aviation enthusiasts, and seasoned professionals aiming to master this critical communication tool. The ICAO alphabet helps pilots, air traffic controllers, and ground personnel accurately convey important information by using distinct code words for each letter.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Transponder Tail 83

Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

The Seminole readily checked those boxes while its counter-rotating propellers gave pilots relief from worries about the possible failure of a critical engine and the resulting handling challenges. It is no surprise that Seminoles became popular multiengine trainers and are still common on the ramps at flight schools across the country.

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Transponder Airplanes General Aviation Pilot 115

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

Monoplanes might have been staging a takeover of precision aerobatics at the time, but many pilots still considered wire-braced biplanes the best mounts for mastering the Aresti Catalog of maneuvers. Some of the top competitors of the era flew Great Lakes aircraft, often modified for enhanced performance.

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Transponder Cockpit Pilot Airplanes 109

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. The canopy provides plenty of headroom for even taller pilots, while the view over the nose is equally generous. But successful? Not at all. How did any given airplane sell?

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Airplanes Knot Pitot Tube Gross Weight 98

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Still, the aircraft has sold well with pilots who want an LSA with strong performance for the category and the ability to travel cross-country with reasonable comfort and speed. Its basic “steam gauge” panel includes a Garmin 396 GPS and a transponder with ADS-B Out. market was complicated and lengthy. The aircraft holds 16.5

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Transponder Tail Airplanes Pilot 107

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

When pilots begin shopping for their first aircraft, they typically look for something with more power, speed, and useful load than the airplanes they trained in or rented for years after receiving their private pilot certificate. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.

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Tail Transponder Airplanes Pilot 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Zenith aircraft and their Zenair relatives sprang from the drawing board of Chris Heintz, an aeronautical engineer who worked in air transport design and manufacturing before moving into kits for GA pilots. Additional equipment includes strobe lights, pitot heat, electric flaps, and electric trim.

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Transponder Airplanes Pilot 97

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Rare is the pilot who has never dreamt of owning and flying their very own warbird. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1978 Varga 2150A Kachina appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. But today’s bargain, a rare Varga Kachina , provides a bit of the warbird experience at only $79,500.

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Transponder Cockpit Airplanes Pilot 97

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2024

CRAFT is a simple way pilots remember their IFR clearance. How do pilots avoid chaos? T: Transponder Code The transponder code , or squawk code, is a four-digit identifier that makes your aircraft visible to ATC on radar. For example, if youre assigned a code like 4702, enter it on your transponder. Here, its 120.5

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Clearance Pilot Transponder Flight Plan 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Today the 175 is rare and obscure to many pilots but has developed a following among those who appreciate its brisk performance and typically lower price compared with the 172 Skyhawk. The aircraft did not catch on as strongly with buyers as either the 172 or 182, though, and was dropped from the lineup within a few years. It Has Slats!

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Transponder Airplanes Pilot 97

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Pilots who are interested in a well-equipped, versatile aircraft with six seats and a generous useful load should consider this 2019 Cessna T206H, which is available for $889,000 on AircraftForSale. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Lift Cargo Airplanes 105

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This means it can be flown by sport pilots without an FAA medical certificate. Unlike many J-3-based Cubs, this example has a full electrical system, enabling easy starts, and a panel-mounted radio and transponder. Based on Pipers legendary J-3 Cub and sporting World War II-era U.S. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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True Airspeed Transponder Airplanes Cockpit 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

The Cessna 180’s conventional landing gear and squared-off “straight” vertical fin and rudder give it a distinctive vintage silhouette that many pilots find attractive. Today’s Top Pick is a 1955 Cessna 180 Skywagon. Shopping for early models from the 1950s can be an effective way to find more affordable examples that still look great.

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Lift Transponder Rudder Pilot 105

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 5, 2024

The panel includes some niceties, such as a Garmin GTX-355 ADS-B out transponder, ensuring all airspace is fully accessible. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1960 Cessna 210 Centurion appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. The paint and interior are said to have been redone in 2009 and 2006, respectively.

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Transponder Airplanes Hangar Pilot 97

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 15, 2024

Quiz: Flying with ADS-B weather and your iPad iPad Pilot News The free datalink weather component of the ADS-B network has been a big hit with iPad pilots flying with portable ADS-B receivers. You must be equipped with an ADS-B OUT transponder in order to receive ADS-B weather. 15 minutes 2 minutes 5 minutes Correct!

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Weather Transponder Pilot 87

Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

With PlaneSync , the Kodiak 900 and Kodiak 100 Series III fleets now have a single advanced connectivity solution, which is harmonized as well with the TBM 960 thereby empowering pilots with smarter, simpler, and more efficient operations, Chabbert added.

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Altimeter Transponder Weather Payload 40

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 7, 2024

ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts iPad Pilot News Datalink weather stole the show when portable ADS-B technology debuted over a decade ago, providing pilots with free in-flight weather imagery in mobile apps like ForeFlight. The post ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts first appeared on iPad Pilot News.

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Turbulence Runway AGL Airplanes 98

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A Garmin 250XL handles radio and GPS duties, and a TT22 transponder provides ADS-B Out capability. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1958 Piper PA-18 Super Cub appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Airplanes Hangar Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cessna 172s, Piper Cherokees, and Beechcraft Bonanzas are among the most ubiquitous – good airplanes all, but for the pilot looking for some variety, they leave much to be desired. Radios and transponder aren’t included, but a new stack can be cleanly installed up high in an existing space.

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Transponder Airplanes Pilot 89

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

Inside, the IFR panel is cleanly laid out, with a Stratus ADS-B transponder, digital tachometer, and EDM 700 engine monitor. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1960 Cessna 210 Centurion appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.

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Transponder Airplanes Pilot 97