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Flying Visual Approaches? Synthetic Vision Pathways Can Help

Flying Magazine

If you’ve flown in a Garmin glass cockpit with synthetic vision, then you may have seen the Pathways feature, a series of constantly moving rectangles on the primary flight display (PFD). There are some simple tools you can use in any airplane with a moving map. And you dont have to do any math.

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Flight Instruments vs. Avionics

WayMan

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. Autopilot Systems: Can automatically pilot the aircraft’s flight path according to pilot inputs or pre-programmed parameters.

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Electronic flight bag legal briefing for pilots—2025 edition

iPad Pilot News

This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan). The AC “is intended only to provide clarity.” Our suggestion?

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Always Have an Out: The SLD Incident

Photographic Logbook

I was one of four transient airplanes on final for the larger runway 27L and Detroit Approach provided a pair of vectors to delay my arrival until those ahead landed. I filed the return flight plan from Mike's car along the way, remembering to file my preferred airway route plus a request to avoid flight over Lake Erie.

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Hawaii Mars Taxiing Around

Vintage Aviation News

photo by Rob Frolic – 2015) The team at Coulson Aviation has been working on getting the airplane ready for the ferry flight. After eight years on the dock all the systems, cabling, flight controls, and engines were put through a series of detailed inspections. firefighting aircraft.

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Electronic flight bag legal briefing for pilots—2024 edition

iPad Pilot News

This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan). The AC “is intended only to provide clarity.” Our suggestion?

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Top Features and Performance of the SR 22 Cirrus Aircraft

Airspeed Junkie

The Evolution of Cirrus SR22 Dale and Alan Klapmeier’s visionary journey initiated with building kit airplanes, which eventually led them to establish Cirrus Design and develop the SR22. Their passion for aviation led them to develop what would become one of the most iconic aircraft in general aviation.