Air Facts

JULY 14, 2025

Usually this particular huge oak tree is not a factor, since it doesn’t move much, and in fact is not NOTAMed or on the airport’s ODP, since no one would be dumb enough to fly into it, much less taxi right into it.

Lift

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The NTSB report notes that at the time of the accident, there was a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) in effect informing pilots that the Runway Alignment Indicator (RAI) lights were out of service. Among the components were a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the left and right engine Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) units.

Knot

Captain Laura

JUNE 2, 2025

As an example, we need to be clear and concise in the cockpit with each other as well as those we are in direct communication with. What NOTAMS (Notices to Airmen) will affect us such as runway closures, inoperative approaches, etc. One misunderstood word could mean the difference between life and death.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

READ MORE: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh NOTAM Now Available Carry a rain poncho even if the weather is sunny because it can be used as ground cover to watch the airshow and as an emergency changing table if the kids are in diapers. Make sure they know the rules about how to behave around airplanes. And make sure to get a photo!

NOTAMs

Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

NOTAMs can be confusing and complicated to read. But you could find yourself in serious trouble if you don’t check NOTAMs before you take off. Luckily, you don’t have to stay puzzled by NOTAMs. This article breaks down each type of NOTAM, how to understand them, and where to find them. In the U.S.,

NOTAMs

Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

For VFR pilots beginning instrument training, the cockpit gets crowded fast. If a NOTAM changes the minimums, or if convective SIGMETs pop up along your route, a printed page will not tell you. Most EFBs today integrate weather overlays, NOTAMs, and airport status reports directly into their charts and flight planning modules.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

MAY 16, 2024

In addition to having the notice in digital form on your iPad or tablet, print it out and have a hard copy with you in the cockpit as a backup. 2024-NOTAM-FINAL Download The post Oshkosh 2024 Notice Outlines Changes for Pilots Flying to AirVenture appeared first on FLYING Magazine. Good luck, and we’ll see you at the show.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 6, 2025

Frequent inspections should be made of aircraft exhaust manifold-type heating systems to minimize the possibility of: exhaust gases leaking into the cockpit. To determine runway braking action, consult the: local NOTAM's MU friction value. When supercooled rain drops fall onto a freezing collecting surface. Below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Weather

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

These are covered in a 30-page NOTAM (link goes to 2024 version) released each year by the FAA, documenting all of the show-specific guidelines and procedures during the event. The Rotorway helicopter had a GoPro camera mounted in the cockpit. The last recording on the cockpit GoPro was the sound of sirens. Courtesy of the NTSB.

Runway

Northstar VFR

MAY 2, 2024

Standard reports include: current conditions, adverse conditions, NOTAMS, winds aloft, enroute forecast, destination forecast, and alternate forecasts. Checking the ATIS on frequency inside the cockpit Don’t forget to use your eyes! Walk outside and see current conditions for yourself.

Weather

iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We’ve been flying with the Apple Watch since it first launched, and it’s become increasingly useful every year for both preflight weather checks and as an in-cockpit resource. It includes a GPS and compass for backup navigation and a bright sunlight readable screen for easy viewing in the cockpit.

Pilot

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 3, 2025

Bottom right NOTAMs will show only the NOTAMs that are relevant to the approach youre flying, a major convenience at big airports where the list of NOTAMs can be a mile long (meaning you miss a potentially important one). If you want to see every last NOTAM, simply tap the text button that appears above the NOTAMs button.

NOTAMs

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For those new to aviation or those making the leap from paper charts, there comes a point when a decision is necessary on which app to use in the cockpit. Its a great backup for charts in the cockpit too. When you break it down though, the real question you should be asking is which app is best for me.

Pilot

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 All-In-One Pilot App 4.

Pilot

Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

Gulfstream G650 Senior contributor and Dejan Damjanovi Contributing writer Leonardo AW109 cockpit. Cockpit Displays. Data from avionics and aircraft sub-systems, such as engine parameters and navigation data is transmitted via A840 to cockpit displays providing pilots with a comprehensive view of the aircrafts status.

NOTAMs

NAFI

AUGUST 3, 2023

NAFI NOTAMs #45 Train train train ~Guest Blogger Randall Williams, CFII/MEI Mentally we train emergencies so that we’re ready when they happen. There was a moment of quiet in the cockpit as the rattling stopped. We were still flying. I had in fact cut off the fuel to the correct engine.

NOTAMs

CockPit Conversation

JULY 27, 2017

It's identical to Hotel, same winds, same altimeter, same multiple cloud layers, same tedious NOTAM about the new rule about STARs being changed back to the way it was, "inform ATC on initial contact that you have information Hotel." A few minutes later I hear WestJet checking in on frequency, "with India." I retune the ATIS and listen.

Altimeter

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

Eventually, the FAA’s Flight Technology group acknowledged the benefits of flying with datalink weather in the cockpit and released Advisory Circular 00-63A in 2014. In addition to providing continuous in-flight weather updates, ADS-B provides updates to NOTAMs and TFRs in flight too.

Weather

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

When an area of volcanic ash is identified, the responsible VAAC will issue a Volcanic Ash Advisory (VAA), which is disseminated to pilots as a NOTAM or SIGMET via ATC, company network operations centers (NOCs), or weather services. In many ash encounters, pilots have reported seeing a clear or slightly hazy discolored sky ahead of them.

Pitot Tube

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

This app is dedicated to a clean, graphical view of METARs, TAFs and NOTAMs and is perfect for a quick look at the latest text weather from your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. The platform also offers access to Garmin eLearning courses covering the Garmin TXi, Radar and G5000 systems. StationWeather.

Weather

CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 20, 2023

I've seen a candidate's own flight training listed on his resume with little point form duties and responsibilities, like checked NOTAMs and calculated weight and balance. Yup, it took the guy three years to get his licence, so he listed that in the same words as would someone who had spent three years training other people to fly.

NOTAMs

iPad Pilot News

MAY 29, 2024

Perhaps you are transitioning to a G1000-equipped airplane and want to get a basic idea of how things are laid out in the cockpit. There is a lot of data to be processed in the instrument flying realm including weather, NOTAMs, approach plates, departures and arrivals, and more.

Rudder

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 7, 2025

Youll have to think about the risks for all factors at play before you get in the cockpit. Stress: Lifes pressures dont disappear when youre in the cockpit. It pushes you to consider these elements carefully before you even step into the cockpit. Terrain and NOTAMs Weather isnt the only thing you have to consider.

NOTAMs

Air Facts

APRIL 30, 2025

Same with NOTAMs? ForeFlight started as an independent software company back in 2007, founded by two active pilots, Tyson Weihs and Jason Miller (no, not The Finer Points guy), who were both witnessing firsthand the iPhone revolution and wanted to develop a connected cockpit around it.

NOTAMs

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

A multi-state cross country trip like the one we were taking means a lot of time together in the close confines of an airplane cockpit. Per the chart, the field generally has fuel available and, while there was no NOTAM about fuel being unavailable that day, I could not find a fuel price in ForeFlight. gal) at Saginaw County / H.W.

Airplanes

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

It started out as a routine engine failure, but escalated rapidly when we began to smell what we thought at first was smoke, but which turned out to be oil, in the cockpit. After spending decades in the cockpit of a major airline, it was difficult getting back into general and corporate aviation. John Pulis ATP/Helo/CFII/A&P.

Pilot

Professional Pilot

JUNE 10, 2024

Let’s take another look at the digital cockpit aids now available to corporate pilots. A documents library that includes operations manuals, aircraft checklists, aircraft continuing airworthiness records, NOTAMs, and so on – all updated automatically. Add worldwide obstacles, interactive NOTAMs, and basic weather.

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