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Pilot’s aviation app directory – 2025 Edition

iPad Pilot News

Avtech proFLIGHT This app is a high-quality weather tool for the professional flight crew. ProFLIGHT uses the actual flight route and time combined with the Met Office’s Global 10KM Weather model to produce a tailored weather forecast based on the most up to date information.

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Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

Weather, field conditions, obstacles, and many other elements greatly affect short field operations. Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes. Use the rudder to keep the aircraft in line with the runway and apply aileron into the wind. The two techniques frequently go hand-in-hand.

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. These were divided into two main categories, prior maneuvering and weather upset. The breakup started with rudder flutter. The pilot died instantly.

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. These were divided into two main categories, prior maneuvering and weather upset. The breakup started with rudder flutter. The pilot died instantly.

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Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts

Chess In the Air

He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. The CAPE index, a measure of convective energy and instability, was below 100 joules, indicating a very low probability of severe weather or thunderstorms. Rifle, the location of the accident, was Shmulik’s home airport.

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