Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Even slowed by a 25 knot headwind, the airplane still saved time. From flight planning, I knew that we would experience rain, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and darkness. We learned the next day that a circuit breaker for the weather sensing instrumentation tripped, but the transmitter still worked.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Approach Final Approach Airplanes 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

by Gustin Robinson, FAA CFI-I ASEL Flying under instrument meteorological conditions keeps even a good pilot on their toes. But now, while flying in low visibility and overcast cloud layers, you have to rely on your instrumentation more than ever before and keep your eyes inside the airplane.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Ceiling Approach Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

However, a forecast for low IFR weather in that part of Maine led us to cancel it. I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. We spent some time in instrument meteorological conditions over Vermont.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This article will teach you ways to deal with weather, routes, altitude choices, and using helpful tools when flying in poor visibility. Key Takeaways Creating an IFR flight plan requires looking at weather patterns, fuel requirements, and alternate airports. At least 1 instrument approach procedure. TAFs : Airport forecasts.

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Flight Plan Pilot Weather Instrument Meteorological Conditions 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Do your landings to a full stop in a tailwheel-equipped aircraft if youre flying a tailwheel airplane. Familiarize yourself with your aircraft, review your intended route, and assess the latest weather conditions. Weather Weather is no small factor in flying, and it has caused many accidents.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

But in an airplane, especially in low visibility, you can’t rely on those usual reference points. The movement of the airplane can confuse your body’s senses, making it hard to tell which way you’re going. When you level the airplane, it feels like you’re turning the other way, making you want to lean back into the original turn.

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Runway Instrument Meteorological Conditions Approach Airplanes 52

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

Corrective inputs are added with pitch and power, and before you know it, the airplane is just all over the place! Weather, hazardous conditions, wind, or a congested pattern can also add challenges to the approach making it more likely to be unstable. One factor is executing the approach with too high energy or too low energy.

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Pilot Wind Shear Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway 52

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

That is consistent with this accident, in that witnesses reported seeing the airplane descending with both wings folded up before impact. The pilot of the accident airplane being a physician has rekindled a lurid stereotypical expression involving V-tail Bonanzas. It’s an airplane that has to be flown with care in IMC.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 98

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

But getting there from Rochester, NY is never a simple task and not only requires the runway to be open with favorable conditions, but the weather between here and there must be amenable to a six hour round trip there and back again. Stopped with their back to us, the pilot of the other airplane would be incapable of seeing us.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Of course, you don’t need one to fly cross-country, or to use advanced avionics, but it would make these sorts of business cross-countries less susceptible to some weather delays. And this summer afternoon did have weather. The Saratoga, like most single-engine piston aircraft, was not equipped with a weather radar dish.

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Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

The gusty winds conspired to keep them aloft further down the runway than they wanted, and, as the mains finally touched, both pilots agreed to slow the airplane rather than go around and fly that approach again. Unfortunately, several are involved in aircraft accidents in which adverse mountain weather is a contributing factor.

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Crosswind Weather Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway 40

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

Kristy overheard one of the local airport bums providing an excellent layman's explanation of weather minimums and missed approaches to help the waiting passengers understand what just happened. The weather was visibly lifting and he assured them that their chartered aircraft would return. What kind of airplane is that?"

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Approach Ceiling Runway Clearance 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

As our trip to Sleepy Hollow neared, forecasts for IFR weather inspired a shuffling of airplanes and pilots so that our seven adventurers were distributed among three IFR-capable airplanes with current IFR pilots. Some of the watches were nice, but also cost as much as my entire airplane. Better safe than sorry.

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Clearance Knot Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes 52

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. The risk of losing control is higher in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) or at night. So, it’s important to use the flight instruments to maintain control.

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Wind Shear Runway Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach 52