Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Next, every six months, captains must undergo a proficiency check in the simulator or airplane to ensure proficiency in all normal and emergency procedures. Simulators are preferred for these checks since many of the maneuvers are very dangerous in the airplane. Finally, the pilot in command is required to have an annual line check.

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Pilot Wind Shear Airlines Airline 94

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 12, 2024

Your Student Pilot Certificate You will need a Student Pilot Certificate before your first solo. You will need a Student Pilot Certificate before your first solo; that momentous occasion when your instructor has enough confidence in your ability to depart the airplane and send you off by yourself.

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Pilot Pilot in Command Air Traffic Control Airplanes 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Flying a light airplane offers access to thousands more airports than the airlines serve, which means you can land closer to your destination, avoid long taxi routes, and save time. After takeoff, talk to Air Traffic Control (ATC) to transition into the en route environment. Call on the phone In ancient times (i.e.,

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Transponder 52

Northstar VFR

JULY 28, 2024

When you’re building time in the airplane and you're not sure whether you should log it as day or night, these definitions may come in handy! Stay vigilant looking for traffic and don’t forget your radio calls! The Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) sets the guidance for basic flight operations and procedures.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Federal Aviation Regulations Checkride Air Traffic Control 52

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

In many ways, aircraft dispatchers were the first air traffic controllers, particularly at busy airports. While they didnt control aircraft takeoffs and landings directly, they were responsible for providing enroute handoffs to controllers in local towers.

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Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan 40

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 14, 2024

They’re both responsible for the safe operation of the aircraft, however the captain is the most senior pilot in the cockpit and ultimately responsible for the operation of the plane, flight planning, communicating with air traffic control and supervising crew.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Jet 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The flight plan informs the Air Traffic Control (ATC) of your planned course, aircraft capability, and contingency plan. If You’re Not Current: You cannot act as a pilot in command under IFR. Using TCAS Your aircraft’s traffic avoidance systems serve as your first line of defense.

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Flight Plan Pilot Weather Approach 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

I urged all participants to be airborne by 7:00 am if we were to have any chance of securing limited airplane parking spots on the ice of Alton Bay. He grew up near Lake Winnipesaukee, had watched airplanes landing on the ice as a kid, and never dreamed that he would someday arrive in one. Photo by Ed. Is he moving?!"

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Two mistakes you’ll want to try your best to avoid are a pilot deviation or a runway incursion. A pilot deviation happens when you violate an FAA regulation or an instruction from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Pilot deviations are incredibly stressful.

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Runway Pilot Visual Flight Rules Clearance 52

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria. Pay attention to these deadly sins to keep your landings safe.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In this definition, the surface designated for the landing and take-off of aircraft refers to the movement area, that part of a towered airport under control by air traffic control (ATC), including runways and taxiways. Enhanced Training: Modernized simulators improve air traffic controller training efficiency.

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Line up and wait is an air traffic control (ATC) procedure designed to position an aircraft onto the runway for an imminent departure in order to expedite the flow of traffic. When a pilot hears the ATC instruction LINE UP AND WAIT he is cleared to taxi onto the departure runway and position the aircraft for takeoff.

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