Altimeter Descent Flight Plan 
Air Facts
JUNE 4, 2025
I filed my flight plan and headed out. I focused on the panel: attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter. I acknowledged and began a gentle descent. I locked into a steady scan: attitude, altimeter, turn coordinator, back to heading. Winds aloft were light and variableideal for a smooth cruise.
Flying Magazine
MAY 30, 2025
The altimeter started slipping. He lost 200 feet before even noticing the descent. One of the most essential tools for staying ahead of the airplane is the electronic flight bag (EFB). A well-configured app can integrate charts, approach plates, checklists, weather briefings, and flight planning tools into one interface.
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Fear of Landing
DECEMBER 6, 2024
A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. The pilot was instrument rated and the flight was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan: that is, they did not have to stay visual for the flight.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
The Cessna 150 Since I was the only instrument rated pilot on the team, and the weather was marginal VFR, I chose to fly the 172, N7358G, up to Fairfield on an IFR flight plan above the clouds at 7,000 feet. My IFR flight plan called for a climb through some 4,000′ of clouds up to a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet.
iPad Pilot News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The latest version of the app is extremely versatile, providing all the digital resources a student pilot needs when learning to fly a Cessna 172, while simultaneously offering a Gulfstream pilot advanced flight planning and international resources needed to fly from New York to London.
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 27, 2025
Air Navigation Pro This flight planning and GPS navigation app is designed for VFR pilots and offers international support, including charts for the US, Europe, South America and more. Embraer Aircraft Services A complete line of apps to assist operators of Embraer aircraft with support and services, performance and flight planning.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 3, 2025
and any adjustments to be made (runway lighting out of service, remote altimeter setting, etc.). For example, the profile view in SmartCharts shows the descent angle for an LNAV+V approach (one with an advisory glideslope) and also the visual glideslope angle (like a PAPI). Some of the smaller details are also surprisingly helpful.
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