AV Web

JUNE 10, 2025

As background in the bulletin, the FAA calls attention to the 2009 Colgan Air Dash 8 airliner crash in New York, and the flying pilot’s “inappropriate response to the airplane’s stick shaker” and the resulting low speed and eventual stall. For an OEM standard, I think the system can work well.

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Lift Primary Flight Display Turbulence Airplanes 57

AV Web

MAY 4, 2025

Living just a half hour away, I have grown familiar with travel to and from EWR, and most of my airline experience has been positive. Not the airlines fault. After smoothly clearing customs at ATL, we boarded our Boeing 737-900 for the 10:50 pm flight to EWR. Lucia, only to be foiled at the 11th hour by an expired passport.

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Primary Flight Display Runway Cockpit Weather 76

iPad Pilot News

MAY 23, 2025

It mostly pertains to airlines and the use of PEDs by passengers (think cell phones and laptops). It also suggests methods to confirm that a PED is not interfering with avionics, and recommends that part 91 operators read AC 91-78 (below) for compliance. The AC recommends using position data from an installed GNSS source.

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Pilot Federal Aviation Regulations Cockpit Weather 90

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. Modern cockpits often feature a glass cockpit large digital displays that replace older analog instruments.

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Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

These cockpits combine all traditional instruments on multi-function displays (MFDs). This is called the Primary Flight Display (PFD). Most modern jets have glass cockpits if you plan to fly commercially at the airlines. The main instruments in our six-pack are consolidated onto one screen. Which Is Safer?

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Cockpit Pilot Weather Primary Flight Display 52

iPad Pilot News

MAY 14, 2024

It mostly pertains to airlines and the use of PEDs by passengers (think cell phones and laptops). It also suggests methods to confirm that a PED is not interfering with avionics, and recommends that part 91 operators read AC 91-78 (below) for compliance. The AC recommends using position data from an installed GNSS source.

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Pilot Federal Aviation Regulations Cockpit Weather 105

Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

However, when Gulfstream introduced its Honeywell-made Synthetic Vision System – Primary Flight Display to business aircraft in 2005, it was the real thing. Few airlines are willing to pay the cost of training pilots to use synthetic vision systems (SVS) effectively, so airliners are rarely equipped with them.

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Flight Deck Primary Flight Display Approach Gross Weight 52