iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. per minute AGL.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

Ground reference maneuvers aim to train you to accurately control your airplane under various wind conditions. Youll want to perform any ground reference maneuver between 600 and 1000 feet Above Ground Level (AGL). Be respectful, and remember that your airplane makes a lot of noise. For this turn, use a moderate bank angle.

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Crosswind Airplanes Aileron Rudder 52

Flight Training Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The airplane will be flown at 1,000’ AGL parallel to and at an equal distance from the field boundaries – about ½ – ¾ miles from the boundary as you would fly a traffic pattern. The entry into the maneuver should be accomplished downwind as you would enter the traffic pattern where groundspeed will be the greatest.

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Groundspeed Crosswind Aileron Rudder 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

A perfectly good airplane with everything operating as expected. At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? (No FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see? The rule of thumb is VSI = ½ groundspeed times 10.

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. Anything in the airplane not tied down floated, even dust from the flight deck carpet, then slammed to the nearest surface moments later as we were caught by the next wave. Maintain maneuvering airspeed at all times.

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Turbulence Weather Knot Descent 95

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. I immediately leveled off at around 650’ AGL, and began slowing down. As the airplane passed by the approach end of runway 6 a few strange wispy “ripped up” small pieces of clouds appeared off to the left.

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Descent Approach Weather AGL 98