iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Something new you’ll see is Wake Turbulence Category, and you’ll enter Light (L) here when under 15,500 lbs. You can also use the “S” code if you have the standard configuration of VOR, VHF radio and ILS receiver.

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

“The instrument conditions, likely turbulence, and increased workload imposed by beginning the approach phase of the flight presented a situation that was conducive to the development of spatial disorientation and a loss of situational awareness. Book work and sim time really do pay off.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

You can use the CDI with navigation aids like VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) or GPS. We wont explain technical details, so you may not understand the example if you havent used a VOR. Imagine were flying an HSI-equipped airplane away from VOR. Q: What is the difference between a VOR and a HSI? What would you say to them?

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Sectional view also will give you an indication of the possibility of turbulence, by virtue of your departure path’s proximity to higher terrain and how the wind is blowing across those ridges. Turbulence, as well as updrafts and downdrafts, are of obvious concern near mountainous terrain.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

It consists of two independent components VOR and TACAN. AIRMETS – Airmans Meteorological Information An AIRMETS is a weather advisory that warns pilots about moderately hazardous conditions like turbulence, icing, and limited visibility. These conditions can affect the performance of smaller or less equipped aircraft.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Flight dispatchers also communicate with pilots and update them about weather, turbulence, and other variables that could affect their flight. Does it have GPS, INS, or VOR systems? For example, turbulence could result in a simple flight level change or require a new route.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

We were assigned a slightly ridiculous alteration to the route I filed: MANCH T316 LAMMS T608 ROC that had us flying past Sodus to the Rochester VOR before setting up for Sodus. At one point, we entered a region of sufficient turbulence that I disengaged the autopilot to hand-fly. This was even better than I requested.

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