Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 30, 2025

Modern simulators like X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator offer incredibly realistic graphics, aerodynamic modeling, and dynamic weather environments. For student pilots, this can be an invaluable tool for practicing everything from traffic patterns and VFR navigation to emergency procedures and instrument approaches.

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Pilot Cockpit Weather Lift 90

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2025

You wont have time to be messing around with a flight computer or crosswind chart. Again, when flying an approach, the last thing you want to be doing is having your head in the cockpit crunching numbers. Even with the best weather data in the world, things can change quickly. How sticky?

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Crosswind Pilot Knot Turbulence 69

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 30, 2025

Your tablet or smartphone has become one of the most powerful tools in the cockpit. With the right apps, pilots can check weather, plan routes, improve radio communications, log flights, simulate flying scenarios, and even listen in on real-time ATC traffic. Best Flight Calculator App 5.

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Pilot Flight Computer Weather Wind Shear 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

For the unmanned test, the pilot controlled the aircraft from a remote cockpit with a curved screen offering a panoramic view of the instruments. The second pilot put on protective gear and approached the aircraft with a “high-voltage trained hook man” to shut down the electrical systems.

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Descent Knot Thrust Lift 105

Air

MAY 21, 2025

For landing, it means a shorter landing roll and a slower approach speed over the ground, offering enhanced control. For landing, it increases your groundspeed on approach and extends the landing distance. Requires great expertise at low altitudes (take-off, approach and landing), where there is less room for manoeuvre.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

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. Cirrus Approach Access all your Cirrus airframe and avionics training courses in one easy-to-use mobile platform. and displays them in the app.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2025

Three flight computers manage the flight controls and aircraft state. Below them, four more computers vote on decisions made by the main three computers. A further two computers handle communications and plan flight paths. Merlin is taking a similar approach.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airline Airlines 90

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ailerons are one of the three primary flight control surfaces and are used to control the aircrafts rolling motion. The pilot is able to control the aircrafts roll by turning the control yoke or sidestick in the cockpit. Thats why you need to make sure your control surfaces are free of contaminants during your pre-flight walkaround.

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Professional Pilot

JUNE 10, 2024

For most pilots, electronic flight bags (EFBs) have sent all that paper for recycling. Let’s take another look at the digital cockpit aids now available to corporate pilots. Aviator Tools includes a comprehensive flight computer, a measurement converter, and a de-icing holdover timer, among other functions.

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Flight Deck Weather NOTAMs Flight Plan 40

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Then, you will take the flight test, where you’ll demonstrate your ability to perform the required maneuvers and tasks in the cockpit. Flying Clubs vs. Flight Schools: Which Is Better? Choosing between a flying club and a flight school will be one of your first big decisions.

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Pilot Checkride Air Traffic Control Cockpit 52