iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

While these high-performance pro models would suit (and honestly exceed) most pilots’ needs in the cockpit, there are some other options and features worth considering when purchasing an iPad for use in aviation. It uses the powerful M2 processor which can handle the most demanding aviation app with ease.

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 14, 2024

Electronic flight bag legal briefing for pilots—2024 edition iPad Pilot News The best reading is in some Advisory Circulars from the FAA. Each year we publish a plain-language review of the FARs and Advisory Circulars pertaining to the use of iPads and electronic flight bags in the cockpit.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2017, I got hired to be the personal pilot for a family in Pennsylvania flying their high-tech, all glass cockpit $5m, Pilatus PC-12NG single engine turboprop. I got hired to be the personal pilot on an all glass cockpit $5m, Pilatus PC-12NG. In fact, I have been their Chief Pilot for nearly eight years.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

That morning at about eleven, the pilot arrived at Melbourne Airport to prepare the aircraft for a general aviation flight. The pilot refueled and they departed Elizabethton at 13:13 for a flight to Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York. It became clear that the person was incapacitated.

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Air

JANUARY 22, 2025

GLOBAL SIMLAB More than 20 commercial and general aviation simulators SEE MORE We are firm believers in the importance of pre-flight simulation. That’s why we set up a simulation centre with at least one specific simulator that replicates each of our aircraft.

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Key Takeaways The E6B is a mechanical slide rule that helps pilots make calculations useful for flight planning Use the slide rule side to calculate time, speed, fuel, and air density calculations. However, the difference is a few knots for general aviation airspeeds and altitudes. Be careful interpreting the scales.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 13, 2024

Key Takeaways The Cirrus SR22 has evolved significantly since its certification in 2000, introducing key innovations like the Avidyne Entegra glass cockpit in 2003 and the turbocharged SR22 Turbo in 2006, which have set new standards in general aviation.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

AC-U-Kwik World Edition Provides precise and up-to-date information about airports, FBOs, handlers and other data services for the aviation industry. 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.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

Gulfstream G650 Senior contributor and Dejan Damjanovi Contributing writer Leonardo AW109 cockpit. For business and general aviation, there are general purpose EFB apps, such as ARINCDirect by Collins Aerospace and ForeFlight by Boeing, which provide flight crew-centric assistance in flight planning, navigation databases, and record-keeping.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

CRM has gone on to become a staple of airline and military flight training. A little over 20 years later, the term single-pilot resource management evolved from FAA/university research into the emerging generation of general aviation long-distance travel machines, such as the Cirrus SR22. Are they team-oriented?

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AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Make sure to review up-to-date charts before flying into the Grand Canyon Special Flight Rules Area. Paper Chart I have embraced the (nearly) paperless cockpit. I hadn’t purchased a paper chart in years… until I started planning our Grand Canyon flight. The paper chart is far easier to use for planning.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. Although 9/11 marked the weaponization of commercial aircraft, the aftereffects are felt most keenly by General Aviation.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 16, 2025

With access to over 5,000 general aviation airports in the U.S., And because general aviation allows you to fly directly to smaller regional airports, you can avoid the congestion and inefficiencies of major hubs. Pre-flight planning, checklist execution, and contingency thinking are easily transferable to the boardroom.

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AV Web

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Air Force hosts several Mid-Air Collision Avoidance (MACA) events to educate the flying public on how to conduct operations in and around their SUAs as well as provide a forum for the free flow of information between the military and the general aviation community. Each ATC sector has a specific wing that hosts the event.

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Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 91% of fatal air accidents in general aviation (GA) back in 2005 were caused by a pilot’s loss of control of the aircraft, usually during approach and landing, or by flying into terrain. So is the Pilatus PC-24’s Advanced Cockpit Environment suite.

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Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“Twenty years ago, Garmin redefined the general aviation cockpit with the G1000, our first integrated flight deck. Ten years later, we introduced the G3000, bringing the first touch screens to the light turbine cockpit, and revolutionary technologies like the award-winning Garmin Autoland.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Proficiency is about developing and maintaining the skills you need to handle a wide range of conditions in the cockpit. Fuel and maintenance costs are on a steady rise, and with it, the cost of your flight training. Loss of Control Why does loss of control happen in general aviation (GA)?

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Air Facts

JUNE 7, 2024

We even got to visit the local general aviation airstrip! I thought that I would like to see for myself what was happening and use the training I had been given to assist the people in the cockpits doing the heavy lifting. We both had subscriptions that our magazine door-to-door selling got us. All day, every day.

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Airspeed Junkie

APRIL 4, 2022

Even entry level pilots working at smaller companies early in their careers can enjoy (with a wifi signal) advanced radar, route information, flight planning and more at their fingertips. What should I buy for my flight enthusiast? Any general aviation item such as flying shirts and apparel usually do the trick for enthusiasts.

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Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

If the co-pilot was lucky, the captain might let them work the radios and help with a few navigational duties, but the phrase “Gear up and Shut up” was considered a normal cockpit environment. This finding highlighted the role of communication, decision-making, and leadership in cockpit behavior and the resulting accidents.

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Ask the Pilot

OCTOBER 5, 2024

On one of those occasions I asked if she’d be kind enough to sign a copy of our flight plan. Six years after that, on a Sunday morning in 1990, I’m standing at Teterboro Airport, a busy general aviation field in New Jersey, close to New York City. He stops briefly behind the cockpit and says hello.

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