Flying Magazine

JUNE 14, 2025

Every pilot knows about the situational awareness scan—the continuous visual sweep. Great pilots don’t just read instruments. There’s the 10,000-hour pilot who has “seen it all” stops seeing. Real Enemy Complacency kills more pilots than weather. Engine instruments. The answer isn’t in the number.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 30, 2025

Types of Altitude To fundamentally understand density altitude, you need to understand the five types of altitude used in aviation: Indicated altitude: the altitude read on the altimeter (regardless of altimeter setting) Pressure Altitude: the indicated altitude of the altimeter when it is set to 29.92 Press ENTER. Press ENTER.

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Simple Flying

JULY 23, 2024

The plane slammed belly-first into a field, killing nine people (including the three pilots) onboard and injuring 120 others.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In this guide we’ll explain the most common mistakes student pilots make and talk about how to avoid them. Trust me, you’ll find yourself growing into a better pilot, flight after flight. Regular flight practice and thorough pre-flight preparation form the foundation of good piloting skills. Why is this so important?

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

Even though many pilots attracted to the 400 and TTx do not necessarily want parachutes, the lack of that feature almost surely hurt this aircraft’s sales. While the TTx might remind a lot of people of the Cirrus SR22, it represents a different approach to the piston single market.

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Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Up front, passengers have a tachometer, altimeter, and airspeed indicator for reference. The post Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1992 Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. The tidy rear cockpit is fully outfitted with a Garmin 496 GPS, G-meter and engine monitor.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 1, 2025

With the rise in the prevalence of drone flight, drone pilots are now at a stage where they are expected to operate within long-established aviation standards. To this end, drone pilots are expected to understand weather forecasts in the form of METAR and TAF reports. Key Takeaways METAR and TAF provide vital weather info for pilots.

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Some things are mandated for any airplane, like an airspeed indicator, altimeter and compass. Finally, does the pilot determine that it’s necessary for the safe conduct of the flight? The pilot always has the last word. The post Flying Broke appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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AV Web

APRIL 1, 2025

Doug King, CEO of Epic Aircraft, said, The E1000 AX is a testament to our teams passionate and ongoing commitment to adding automated, safety-enhancing tools and technology for pilots and passengers. We are dedicated to setting a new standard in safety as well as performance and comfort.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

Mastering the six-pack is essential for safe and effective piloting. The six primary instruments (the six-pack) are the Attitude Indicator (AI), Heading Indicator (HI), Turn Coordinator, Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter, and the Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI). Pitot-static instruments measure airspeed, altitude, and vertical speed.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

As a pilot or aircraft owner, keeping your airplane airworthy is one of the most important things you can do. S – Static System and Altimeter Check Pilots flying under IFR need their static system and altimeter inspected every 24 months. Common Questions About AVIATES Do private pilots need to follow all parts of AVIATES?

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Northstar VFR

APRIL 20, 2025

When pilots are flying in VMC ( visual meteorological conditions ), vision plays a major role in sending correct signals to the brain on the pilots position, movement, and orientation. This visual illusion is prevalent at night when the sky is dark, and the pilot sees patterns of stars or ground lights.

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Worst of all, the pilots didn’t even seem to realize what was going on. Tampa’s altimeter is 30.14.” Pilot: “30.14, thank you, Southwest 425.” Pilot: “30.14, thank you, Southwest 425.” The pilots sure sound calm, for better or worse. Pilot: “Yeah, we are, we have to go, Southwest 425.”

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Area Navigation (RNAV) is a way for pilots to know where they’re going without needing help from the ground. 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). What Are RNAV Approaches? How Does RNAV Work?

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 20, 2025

Hopefully you know a benevolent brother, altruistic acquaintance, or philanthropic pilot who is prepared to lend you his personal flying machine. I much prefer the American system, where youre either being controlled by an appropriately licensed FAA employee in a tower or operating on unicom and simply communicating with other pilots.

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iPad Pilot News

AUGUST 20, 2024

Understanding pressure altitude and GPS altitude in aviation apps iPad Pilot News Ten years ago, ForeFlight introduced synthetic vision and gave pilots a new way to view the world on their iPads. While the altimeter in the airplane can be adjusted to correct for the local altimeter setting, there is no temperature knob to twist.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Using the VSI and Altimeter for Stability The vertical speed indicator and altimeter are your best tools for maintaining a steady altitude. The altimeter , when set correctly, shows your actual height above sea level. The altimeter , when set correctly, shows your actual height above sea level.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Thousands of simulated Private Pilot written exams are completed every month in Sportys Learn to Fly Course , but certain topics consistently trip up aspiring aviators. Here are the five most often missed questions from January 2025 on the simulated Private Pilot Knowledge Test. Let’s get to the quiz! Refer to Figure 82.)

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

I dont exactly fit the standard pilot profile of Game Aerospaces GB1 GameBird But theres always been something about the GameBird that has piqued my interest. Its first-class team, led by Ian Waghorn, ensures that pilots leave the training program feeling confident, competent, and safe in their new or new-to-them GameBird.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

The altimeter started slipping. For VFR pilots beginning instrument training, the cockpit gets crowded fast. You likely became introduced to an EFB as a student pilot and probably use one for basic flight planning tasks as a VFR pilot, but using one in instrument flight is different. His scan fell apart within seconds.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

Garmin SmartCharts is described by the company as a “charting solution that will provide pilots with a simplified and intuitive experience by producing clear and relevant data to depict a chart tailored for their specific flight operation.”

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Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

It has long been said that the private pilot certificate is a “license to learn” as it is the foundation of a person’s flying career. Subscribe Now Featured I am not a DPE, but for several years I have been a check pilot providing mock check rides for applicants at the request of their CFIs.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

If you use an AATD for the first part of the experience, when you get into the actual aircraft, point out the airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, altimeter, etc. At my favorite flight school we made it a rule that the client should be the first person to write in their newly acquired pilot logbook. that they just saw in the AATD.

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ForeFlight vs. Garmin Pilot: 3 key differences to help you decide iPad Pilot News There are a handful of full-featured aviation Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) apps available today for pilots, both free and paid, which provide just about every preflight and in-flight resource you’ll need for both VFR and IFR operations.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

Every new aircraft has kinks that must be worked out, but the Coronado showed off its kinks at the wrong time, according to Frank DeLorenzo, Naval Aviator Number 6449 and a Coronado command pilot who flew the boat through the entirety of World War II. ” On Christmas Eve, 1941, DeLorenzo was one of the pilots who flew Adm.

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Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

So the 737 T/R uses radio altimeter to enable the reversers. This has been maintained over the various versions of the 737, since the fundamental issue that resulted in using radio altimeter rather than WoW never changed. In other words, it’s highly unlikely that pilots were attempting a go-around after touchdown.

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Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

Altimeter set. Pilot ready? First, any time you are flying an airplane youve never flown before, consult with an experienced pilot of that type. The post Best-Laid Plans appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine. I went through another checklist: headset, radio, controls, fuel flow, and mag. Pitch trim neutral.

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Northstar VFR

JUNE 30, 2024

Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Two of the most important pieces of information that every pilot needs to know while flying is how high you are and how fast you’re going. Pilots rely on the airspeed indicator and altimeter instruments to measure and display this vital information. How does the pitot-static system operate the altimeter?

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Northstar VFR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Pilots observe checklist use and learn their importance starting at the first flight lesson. Checklist use is an element that pilots are tested on during checkrides at every level of training. However, it’s the nature of the repetition that helps the pilot notice if something is abnormal with the aircraft.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In the previous installment of this two-part article , AeroTime took you through the initial stages of a routine commercial flight, from the pre-departure checks carried out by the pilots and cabin crew, to what is happening outside the aircraft, and from engine startup to taxi and take-off.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Deciding between a traditional round-dial cockpit and a modern glass cockpit can be a big deal for some pilots. Pilots maintain situational awareness of the aircraft by continuously scanning the instruments. Alerts Aural and visual alerts signal pilots that something important requires their attention. Let’s go over them.

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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. What Is an E6B and Why Do Pilots Use It?

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Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Rather frustratingly, yesterday they had to release a further statement to confirm that the captain and/or first officer were qualified, countering malicious rumours that the flight crew had failed training events or that they had failed to gain pilot positions at Delta. inHg Remarks: Cumulus clouds 6/8 coverage, sea level pressure 1014.9

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Top Apple Watch features and apps for pilots iPad Pilot News The Apple Watch has come a long way since the first version was released over seven years ago. Get the watch app here. Altimeter+ Display an altimeter flight instrument on your watch. Get the watch app here.

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Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Determine the pressure altitude at an airport that is 1,300 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 29.6. What true airspeed should a pilot expect at 9,000 feet on a standard day with 65 percent maximum continuous power? Becoming airborne before reaching recommended takeoff speed. Settling to the surface abruptly during landing.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Navy Awards Contract for Long-Range, Solar-Powered Stealth Drone “The new METS aircraft will give us the ability to train pilots across the services with an advanced platform that better represents fleet aircraft,” Captain Holly Shoger, program manager of the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program Office, said at the time.

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Northstar VFR

JUNE 2, 2024

Article and Photo by Ally Melick, CRJ Pilot, CFI-I, MEI Everywhere in the country flight training is a unique experience. Indicated altitude is the altitude read directly off the altimeter. If you set the altimeter to the standard 29.92, you can read the pressure altitude off of the altimeter. inches of mercury (Hg).

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