Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Advanced Controllers One of the most frustrating aspects of flight simulation is adjusting cockpit controls. Trying to tune the approach frequency with the mouse in turbulence is frustrating. This is why many flight simmers eventually purchase radios and autopilot controllers. Check out the Top 5 Throttle Quadrants.

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Rudder Crosswind Pilot Air Traffic Control 96

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

VFR Visual Flight Rules VFR is a set of regulations that allow a pilot to operate an aircraft using visual cues and without relying on instruments. Compared to AIRMETs, SIGMETs warn of weather conditions that are more severe and pose flight risk even to larger and more equipped aircraft.

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Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Pilot's Life Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Static vents that measure static pressures are usually on the lower side of the plane, where the air stream isn’t as turbulent. Before a flight, the airspeed indicator should read straight up and down unless a strong wind blows directly into the system. If oriented otherwise, the system has an error.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Calibrated Airspeed 52

Learn to Fly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Right to left: radar reflectivity; pilot report (PRIREP) icing, turbulence, or other; the flight category, signifying visual flight rules, instrument flight rules, etc.; The sheer number of options available in the legend gives you a hint to the amount of information available.

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Weather Visual Flight Rules Instrument Flight Rules Turbulence 40

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Some other information that ATC could provide would be turbulence or icing that came from PIREPs. Special Use Airspace Flight following can advise pilots about Special Use Airspace (SUA). Take flight following seriously, and don’t complicate the controller’s job. Be the Pilot in Command (PIC).

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Transponder Weather Pilot Clearance 52

Aerotime

MARCH 13, 2025

He had passed the written examination for instrument flights, but had not fully qualified in instrument rating. As a company, Dwyer Flying Service was certified only to fly under visual flight rules. As such, conditions need to allow the pilot to see everything going on around the aircraft.

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Weather Visual Flight Rules Ceiling Pilot 263