WayMan

JUNE 16, 2025

Altimeter: Shows the altitude of the aircraft above a designated reference point, essential for flight level assignment and terrain clearance. Attitude Indicator (Artificial Horizon): Shows the orientation (pitch and bank) of the aircraft relative to the horizon of the Earth, essential for instrument meteorological conditions flight.

Omni-Directional Range

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Pilots often claim that the drive to the airport is the most dangerous part of any flight. And if you’re boarding a commercial airliner, this is true. In fact, you’re more likely to be struck by lightning than be in an airline accident. [1] 1] But does this hold true for private planes and personal flights?

General Aviation

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. At Million Air, I helped myself to a Coke while I filed an IFR flight plan home. (In Better safe than sorry.

Clearance