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The Pitot-Static System: How It Works

Pilot Institute

” 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. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.

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Going Below Minimums

AV Web

Lets take a deep dive into what it takes to get an airplane on the ground after a successful instrument approach. Of course, AWOS is one-minute weather and when conditions are changing, the ATIS can be updated, but its unlikely to be updated often enough to match a fast-moving system. Its the only way to land when the weather is low.

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Accident Briefs—June 2025

Plane and Pilot

Postaccident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation, however, the weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of serious carburetor icing at idle power. The aircraft collided with a berm.

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E6B Made Easy: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide

Pilot Institute

This section is also needed when youre calculating your true airspeed, which you need to know to plan your flight. Calculating True Airspeed Follow steps 1-3 from the section above. Find your Calibrated Airspeed on the middle scale on the movable disk. Thats your true airspeed. Look under the grommet.

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Accident Briefs—June 2025

Plane and Pilot

Piper PA-28-180 Riverside, California/Injuries: 1 Minor NTSB Report: WPR23LA156 The pilot completed the airplanes engine run-up and carburetor heat function checks with no anomalies noted. Velocity Andrews, North Carolina/Injuries: 1 Fatal NTSB Report: ERA23FA194 The owner recently purchased the experimental amateur-built, modified airplane.

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High Country View

Plane and Pilot

Pounding on the airplane to loosen ice was forbidden. It was easy enough to avoid Oakland and San Francisco Terminal Control Areas, now Class B, but Bay Area weather was completely different from New England. Otherwise, the standard weather forecast is ā€œrain turning to showers, chance of sun breaks.ā€ and form a low overcast.

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Pilot’s aviation app directory – 2025 Edition

iPad Pilot News

Airbus FlySmart Airbus offers a collection of apps for pilots to assistwith performance planning, maintenance and other operational guidance when flying these airplanes. Avtech proFLIGHT This app is a high-quality weather tool for the professional flight crew. And its the easiest way to manage multiple Bluetooth connections.

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