Altimeter Clearance VOR 
Air Facts
JUNE 4, 2025
With takeoff clearance from the tower, I pushed the throttle forward. I tuned the Manila VOR to confirm my position and set up the next waypoint. I focused on the panel: attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter. I locked into a steady scan: attitude, altimeter, turn coordinator, back to heading. Trust the tools.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
I filed my IFR flight plan, received a clearance and took off into the gray winter sky. Just north of Jefferson City, the Kansas City Center controller cleared us to the Jeff City VOR, which was on the airport, to hold at 4,000 feet. I got out my instrument approach chart and studied the holding pattern and the VOR approach procedure.
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Air Facts
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
We no longer need to worry about identifying VORs and dialing in the right radial, but we do need to worry about that thunderstorm sitting right on top of our direct route or the low ceiling at our destination. I concentrated as never before, and the airplane tracked true as the altimeter hand crawled upward.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 9, 2025
The hold over “Kingston” VOR? Holding patterns are a great way to keep your position and ensure clearance from terrain and other aircraft. Usually, it will be a ground-based navigational aid such as a VOR or NDB. Hold Altitude Holding procedures, flown correctly, will always allow for sufficient terrain clearance.
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Use the CRAFT acronym to note down departure clearances quickly. You may be asking for a clearance or reporting your position. For example: Pilot: Seattle Approach, Cessna November Four Five One Romeo, Two Zero miles west of Seattle VOR, at 8,000, with Sierra, to land. is talking to Dallas Clearance Delivery.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). LP+V approaches dont always account for obstacle clearance, so theyre not an officially protected procedure. You wont find any mention of LP+V on an approach plate.
Flying Magazine
MAY 13, 2024
Chapter 3 in the AIM has details on dimensions of airspace, cloud clearances, and visibility. Use Your Reference Material While there is an awful lot of information for a pilot to remember, one of the most important skills you can have is knowing where to look up something to verify the information.
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