Northstar VFR
APRIL 20, 2025
Always get pre-takeoff and enroute weather updates, especially if you might be flying into deteriorating conditions. Landing errors and spatial disorientation due to visual illusions can be prevented by being familiar with your surroundings, your aircraft, and the weather. Use the VASI or PAPI lighting as a reference.
Flying Magazine
JULY 31, 2025
FAA endorsement: Yes Course length: 50 hours; learn at your own pace Subscription access: Lifetime Cost: $279 Other available courses: Rod Machado’s 40-Hour Private Pilot eLearning Ground School ($279) , and other training courses like Secrets of Instrument Approaches and Departures ($79) , The Art of Takeoffs and Landings eCourse ($79) , Understanding (..)
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Flying Magazine
MAY 23, 2025
Authorities investigating the deadly crash of a Cessna Citation S550 in San Diego on Thursday are looking at the possibility that a lack of current weather, specifically an altimeter setting at the destination airport, may have contributed to the accident. There was heavy fog and low visibility in the area at the time of the crash.
Flying Magazine
MAY 10, 2024
Despite my background as a research meteorologist, my aviation weather background was limited when I was a student pilot. So, I was very excited to discover what more I might learn about weather in addition to all of these other disciplines. It Isn’t Easy First and foremost, weather is inherently difficult.
iPad Pilot News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Stratus Insight Appareo relaunched this app in 2020 with a host of flight planning and weather tools, but the most useful feature for student pilots is the speech-to-text option for radio communications. These all-in-one planning and navigation apps can do an amazing number of tasks, from weather briefings to moving maps.
iPad Pilot News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Stratus Insight Appareo relaunched this app in 2020 with a host of flight planning and weather tools, but the most useful feature for student pilots is the speech-to-text option for radio communications. These all-in-one planning and navigation apps can do an amazing number of tasks, from weather briefings to moving maps.
Flying Magazine
MAY 14, 2024
There are 15 experience requirements listed in the Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM) rule book under Part 61.87 We can’t control the weather. Solo Flight Your first solo is the halfway point of your private pilot training. that are required to be covered before you can be soloed.
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