Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Who is the pilot in command of your aircraft? Air Facts Journal The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft. In the cockpit of a modern GA airplane, there is probably only one person to do all of these jobsyou!

Pilot in Command

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

It is the first time you will step into the cockpit and demonstrate to your examiner, the FAA, and yourself that youre ready to safely and competently operate as a private pilot. Some pilots discover they need extra practice with performance landings or more time mastering VOR navigation, for instance.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Flying Magazine

MAY 21, 2025

The aircraft was equipped with a cockpit camera that captured the entire instrumentation for both the left and right seats, as well as the center pedestal and overhead panel. This resulted in the pilot having to manually fly the airplane using the copilots EADI. Although NTSB 830.5

Pilot

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

"Hi.I'm in Delaware." - Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World , 1992 Restless Pilot Syndrome Having resumed acting as pilot in command of my own airplane after a relatively brief setback, I was delighted beyond words to be back at it. It's indisputably a cockpit with flight controls and instruments. A mystery for the ages.

Runway

Air Facts

JUNE 23, 2025

I earned my Navy Wings in December 1968 and was sent back to the training command as an instrument flight instructor in the T-28 at NAS Whiting Field. I turned back and entered the holding pattern over the VOR where the approach to Whiting Field began. Two pilots landed successfully. Both pilots suffered fatal injuries.

Altimeter

Air Facts

JULY 23, 2025

My duties at Skyway included flying as copilot on the Beech 99 and Beech 18, as well as pilot-in-command on the single-engine airplanes. Eight of these would be non-precision VOR and fixed-card NDB approaches flown to minimums in a non-radar environment. The Skyway Airlines’ Beech 18s flown by the author in this story.

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