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Is It Hard To Be A Pilot? – The Surprising Truth

Pilot Institute

When creating a flight plan, you’ll be doing distances, speeds, times en route, and fuel burn. You’ll have to figure out how to create a flight plan through different time zones, particularly for extended cross-country flights. Math in Flying What type of math will you actually be doing?

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10 Apps Every Student Pilot Should Be Using in 2025

Inflight Pilot Training

Best Flight Calculator App 5. Sporty’s E6B Flight Computer Overview : A digital update of the classic flight computer, Sporty’s E6B Flight Computer delivers fast, accurate calculations without carrying a physical E6B or doing manual math in the air.

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Airlines and Pilots Don’t See Eye to Eye on Autonomous Flights

Flying Magazine

Three flight computers manage the flight controls and aircraft state. Below them, four more computers vote on decisions made by the main three computers. A further two computers handle communications and plan flight paths.

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