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Flying Visual Approaches? Synthetic Vision Pathways Can Help

Flying Magazine

The rectangles are magenta when flying the active leg of a GPS flight plan, white when flying a GPS leg that is not active, and green when flying an ILS or localizer. READ MORE: Aeronautical Decision Making Is Never One Size Fits All To simplify the calculation, use 300 feet instead of 320, and multiply by four miles to get 1,200 feet.

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Is Ground School Required for Private Pilots? A Simplified Guide

Pilot Institute

You will learn about weather reports, Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs), and good decision-making. The Main Subjects Include Aeronautical knowledge and flight planning. Aeronautical decision-making. Weather theory and interpretation. Navigation techniques and instruments.

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What Are Common Part 107 Test Questions?

Flying Magazine

1: According to 14 CFR Part 107, the remote pilot in command (PIC) of a small unmanned aircraft planning to operate within Class C airspace: A. Is required to file a flight plan C. Aeronautical decision-making: Questions in this section cover crew resource management and hazardous attitudes.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs along their relevant routes or locations before the start of a flight. NOTAMs are very important in that they can provide information that can cause a pilot to change their flight plans, such as Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) or an airport that has become temporarily unavailable.

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Is Ground School Required for Private Pilots? A Simplified Guide

Pilot Institute

You will learn about weather reports, Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs), and good decision-making. The Main Subjects Include Aeronautical knowledge and flight planning. Aeronautical decision-making. Weather theory and interpretation. Navigation techniques and instruments.

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Part 107 License Guide: How to Become a Certified Drone Pilot

Pilot Institute

This is a system that consolidates all airspace authorization requests for drone flight and provides near real-time response. Better yet, you can submit LAANC requests using some of the most common drone flight planning apps.

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Charleston, SC

Gary's Flight Journal

To start our flying day I must stress the most important part of flight planning, ADM, Aeronautical Decision Making. It's now 7am and our planned departure time was 9am arriving just after noon. Departure Day! The controller cleared me to my filed altitude of five thousand but I had said 5.5 when she asked.