Plane and Pilot

JULY 31, 2025

Here’s how the landscape has evolved since that first flight. Cockpit Revolution: Steam Gauges to Glass Thirty-three years ago, my Skipper’s panel was a cluster of analog “steam gauges”—altimeter, airspeed, and attitude indicators, their needles prone to subtle quivers. This shift isn’t just cosmetic. The GPS revolution changed that.

VOR

Professional Pilot

JULY 7, 2025

But like mastering complex aircraft systems, understanding density is essential for understanding the weather and aircraft operation. Because density and pressure are directly related, and pressure is easier to measure, we can use pressure altimeters to determine our altitude. inches of mercury (1013.25

Density Altitude

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

In a round-dial cockpit, the six-pack of gauges are the core of the flight instruments. It shows the navigation track, weather, and traffic. Data Display With both of these cockpits, the flight data is displayed differently. In glass cockpits, the data from the pitot-static system is processed through an air data computer.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The student pilot may initially struggle to understand the functions of an E6B flight computer. But pilots around the globe rely on this indispensable gadget for charting their flights, crunching numbers to determine time in transit, fuel usage, and necessary adjustments for wind shifts. Be careful interpreting the scales.

Groundspeed

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Altimeter+ Calculates the altitude of your current location via GPS, or from the built-in barometer included on newer iPhones and iPads.Offers Apple Watch app. ASA CX-3 Flight Computer Based on the ASA CX-3 Flight Computer for pilots, this E6B app allows you to perform routine aviation calculations on your iPhone or iPad.

Weather

Air

MAY 21, 2025

Altimeter errors can also occur due to pressure changes. The result will be the angle in degrees that you must correct into the wind. __ You should be aware that these calculations are nowadays often done with flight computers or specialised software, although understanding their basis is fundamental for a pilot.

Crosswind

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I hope you enjoy her account of navigating instrument failure in severe weather conditions – a situation that would test any pilot’s skills and nerve. How I conquered malfunctioning instruments in bad weather…on a scheduled flight that should’ve never taken off! ” He ignores me. Gavin sniggers.

Weather