Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

FAA Federal Aviation Administration The FAA is the US federal government agency in charge of aviation standards, air traffic control, airspace safety, and the certification of personnel and aircraft. Then that is BVLOS, even if the drone is just 100 feet away. The list of accepted MOCs is available at the FAA website.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

MAY 26, 2025

Wind Shear Wind shear happens when the wind suddenly changes speed or direction over a short distance, which creates turbulence. This is why wind shear is described as either vertical or horizontal, depending on the direction of the change. What happens when you fly through wind shear?

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

JUNE 24, 2025

Subscribe Now At the macro level, you’ll find air traffic controllers located at the 21 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) and at various approach control facilities that serve one or more airports throughout the United States and its territories. This engenders delays in the NAS.

Air Traffic Control

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Foolish mortal.

Approach