Airplanes Cockpit Pitot Tube 
Plane and Pilot
MAY 31, 2025
Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals. While some wreckage was recovered within days, it took nearly two years to retrieve the flight and cockpit voice recorders from the ocean floor. Its a common risk for the working CFI. How far do I let the student go before I intervene?
Aerotime
APRIL 3, 2025
Nowadays, modern aircraft are equipped with systems that can not only fly the aircraft but can also perform fully automated take-offs and landings and can even provide protection systems in the event of unusual flight situations that threaten the safety of the airplane and its occupants.
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Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. These two simple features power three of the most important cockpit instruments. This setup is called the pitot-static system. That’s called a pitot tube.
iPad Pilot News
AUGUST 20, 2024
In addition to a 3D view of terrain and obstacles this shows glass cockpit-style tapes for speed and altitude, making it an excellent backup tool in case of panel avionics failure. While the altimeter in the airplane can be adjusted to correct for the local altimeter setting, there is no temperature knob to twist. Confused yet?
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Combining the data shown on your cockpit instruments helps you make better judgments. One example is Indicated Airspeed (IAS), which is the airspeed you read directly from cockpit instruments. It works by reading the difference between static pressure and total pressure from air flowing into a pitot tube.
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
When you’re starting to feel human again after major surgery, what’s a good plan for getting safely back into the cockpit? Repairs included replacing the pitot tube/angle-of-attack sensor and the outside air temperature probe. I had a total knee replacement. Then I tuned in ground control but forgot to swap the frequency.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Ice can affect everything from how the airplane flies to the engines staying functional. It can also disrupt sensors needed for flight safety, like the pitot tubes. If ice blocks a pitot tube, your aircraft’s instruments will provide inaccurate airspeed readings. This might cause you to make dangerous adjustments.
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