Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

AGL is important for drone pilots as the regular ceiling for drone flight is defined as 400 feet AGL. IFR Instrument Flight Rules IFR is the set of rules that allow pilots to fly by reference to instruments in the flight deck when flying by visual reference is not safe.

Pilot

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 11, 2025

While other airlines have doors in first class, Air France instead has floor-to-ceiling curtains. I’m still on the elliptical working off this meal, weeks later… Air France La Premiere first class lavatories Air France has two La Premiere first class lavatories, located at the front of the cabin, by the flight deck.

Approach

Professional Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

In 2016, the TBM 900-series family was augmented by the TBM 930, equipped with Garmin’s touchscreen-controlled G3000 integrated flight deck. This variant incorporated the initial elements of TBM e-copilot functionality, which lowers pilot workload and provides better situational awareness.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 11, 2025

By 1961, the F11F had been retired from carrier flight decks, though they would be used as training aircraft until 1967, and the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, used the Tiger from 1957 to 1969, when they transitioned to the F-4 Phantom.

Flight Deck

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

However, the pilots could not use the flight deck door, and they were forced to use the escape hatch on the cockpit ceiling which was now positioned towards the ground. The TSB report said that some of the injuries sustained by the passengers occurred when they unbuckled their safety belts and fell to the ceiling.

Indicated Airspeed

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While most of it tends to be hidden away either in the cabin ceiling space or under the cabin floor panels, some of it – particularly the air conditioning riser ducts – is fitted in the cabin walls at certain intervals, making the inclusion of a window at that position impossible.

Cabin Crew

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

92013 was relocated to the Washington Navy Yard, where it was suspended from the ceiling and displayed prominently as 17649, nicknamed “Big Hog.” Although this specific Corsair did not fly from Intrepid, Corsairs were among the most commonly flown aircraft from the ship’s flight deck during the war. In 1988, Bu.

Flight Deck

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. Anything in the airplane not tied down floated, even dust from the flight deck carpet, then slammed to the nearest surface moments later as we were caught by the next wave. I flew into that and the venturi effect that day.

Turbulence

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

His team developed the concept in the late 1970s to improve “interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision-making” in aircraft flight decks. CRM has gone on to become a staple of airline and military flight training. The term crew resource management is generally credited to NASA psychologist John Lauber.

Weather

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Though it’s not as overtly revolutionary as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) or Safe Return enabled by Garmin Autoland on Cirrus’ SF50 Vision Jet, the reimagined flight deck in the new SR G7 and other improvements make a more immediate impact—because pilots benefit from them on every flight, from the moment you press the start button.

Pilot

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

On the advisory side, the FAA recently updated the related advisory circular on the topic: AC 00-63B – Use of Flight Deck Displays of Digital Weather and Aeronautical Information. Be aware of the product time or “valid until” time on the particular data link information displayed in the flight deck.

Weather

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The flight deck has to meet certification criteria such as field of vision, ergonomic aspects, and instrumentation. Any passenger can press this guarded switch on the cabin ceiling, then the aircraft will calculate where the next suitable runway is, and will land there automatically.

Pilot

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 20, 2024

Personally I don't like the "spikes" attached to the ceiling. Once again, no announcements from the flight deck and the flight purser did the job. For this flight, the crew controlled the window shade so for most parts of cruising, the light was in dimmed mode. This is the arrival hall The departure hall.

Runway

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

Considering the possibility that legislation may be reintroduced to lift the ceiling on mandatory airline pilot retirement age, that topic of cockpit conversation may not be uncommon. But based on recent ICAO agendas, it would seem the organization is seriously considering lifting the ceiling. Why establish another arbitrary age?

Pilot

Professional Pilot

MAY 22, 2025

The SR Series G7+ introduces more new features, including Automatic Database Updates enabled by Cirrus IQ PRO for pilot convenience, Runway Occupancy Awareness for safety and Smart Pitot Heat powered by the Perspective Touch+ flight deck for reduced pilot workload.

Air Traffic Control