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Hey, FAA … How About Some AoA Money?

AV Web

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. As the aircraft wing moves through the air it divides the air mass.

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Everything You Should Know About Piper Trainer Aircraft Models

Pilot's Life Blog

It features a high-wing design, which gives pilots better visibility of the ground and offers a bit more stability in turbulence due to its pendulum-like configuration. In terms of cockpit layout and handling, Piper is often praised for its more “airline-style” approach. Cessna’s most iconic trainer is the Cessna 172.

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Flight vision systems

Professional Pilot

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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2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

An autopilot and Aspen primary flight display reduce workload on long flights. Cherokee Six instrument panel Like my airline job, I fly nearly paperless using an iPad Mini and the ForeFlight app for navigation charts. Bad data caused by turbulence, turns, and other anomalies was discarded.