Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

We use planes equipped with Garmin G1000 to give students real-world exposure to glass cockpits. With high-wing visibility, basic and glass cockpit versions, and consistent performance, it’s perfect for teaching fundamentals. Its cockpit layout mirrors what pilots will see in real-world multi-engine environments.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Preparing the cockpit and cabin. The hold over “Kingston” VOR? Usually, it will be a ground-based navigational aid such as a VOR or NDB. These can include: Staying near a suitable airport. Burning excess fuel to avoid making an overweight landing. Avoiding overflying populated areas. Completing checklists and emergency drills.

Airplanes

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Learning the right types of aircraft maneuvers isn’t just about checking off boxes—it’s about building muscle memory, sharp instincts, and total confidence in the cockpit. These basic skills form the backbone of safe and effective flying and set the stage for everything you do in the cockpit.

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Air

JUNE 17, 2025

VOR , NDB). The first step into the cockpit begins today. Holding patterns: Depicts the specific circuits where an aircraft must orbit if instructed to hold by air traffic control. Navigation systems: Shows the location and frequency of ground-based radio aids, if any (e.g.,

Approach

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

An instrument rating unlocks access to: Airports with IFR approaches (ILS, RNAV, VOR, etc.) Understand and Use Modern Avionics Todays cockpits are more technologically advanced than ever. Access More Airports and Airspace Want to fly into a destination with unpredictable weather? A busy Class B airport?

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Flying Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

Performance may be degraded when placed on the cockpit dashboard or under the aircrafts canopy/ceiling window due to window material, deicing technology, and glass angle. Based on user experiences, consider these guidelines: A flat placement with the clearest possible view of the sky is recommended.

Weather

Air Facts

JUNE 4, 2025

I tuned the Manila VOR to confirm my position and set up the next waypoint. The landing was smooth, and after shutting down on the ramp, I sat for a moment in the quiet cockpit. Below me stretched a patchwork of rice fields, coconut groves, and coastal villages. About halfway to Bohol, I noticed a thin layer of clouds forming ahead.

Altimeter

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Leopard Aviation’s Fleet We maintain a growing fleet of modern training aircraft that sets us apart: Cessna 172S Skyhawk : Equipped with Garmin G1000 avionics and GFC700 autopilot, these planes teach you glass‐cockpit skills from day one. Flying in a modern fleet prepares you for advanced cockpits you’ll encounter later in your career.

Checkride

Flying Magazine

JULY 1, 2025

Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. Some do well while others struggle as they get used to the feel of real controls, refine their rudder coordination skills, and attempt to tune radios and VORs without the option of hitting a “pause” button. They already have some rudimentary flows.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

JULY 31, 2025

David Clark DC ONE-X ENC Headset [Courtesy: Amazon] In a direct comparison, one pilot in a jet cockpit found its active noise reduction superior to the Bose A30 , noting the DC ONE-X cuts noise precisely without adding audible “white noise.” A hinged design allows the earcups to press evenly against the head, maintaining a firm seal.

VOR

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

I momentarily put HAL into heading mode, inserted the East Texas VOR into the route, programmed GPS direct to ETX, then switched back to "nav" mode to avoid any unexpected turns from tinkering with the active leg in the GPS flight plan. It's indisputably a cockpit with flight controls and instruments. A mystery for the ages.

Runway

Air Facts

JUNE 23, 2025

I turned back and entered the holding pattern over the VOR where the approach to Whiting Field began. I crossed the VOR, turned to the final approach course, lowered the landing gear and flaps, adjusted power, prop, and mixture, started the clock, and began descending toward the MDA. Two pilots landed successfully. Heading: correct.

Altimeter

Air Facts

JULY 23, 2025

Eight of these would be non-precision VOR and fixed-card NDB approaches flown to minimums in a non-radar environment. Their only drawbacks were the noise level in the cockpit and the lack of an autopilot. But then I realized that I wasn’t upset, which gave us at least one cool head in the cockpit. And I knew Jerry.

NDB

AV Web

JULY 7, 2024

Had he investigated the cockpit of my ride, he might have noticed the ADSb capability, two electronic multi-function displays, the panel-mounted GPS backed up with an iPad using Foreflight driven by a Sentinel, and the rescue hand-held GPS in the glovebox. We navigated using pilotage and occasionally a VOR. I found his comment funny.

Cockpit

iPad Pilot News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Navigation and Approach Aids Here you’ll specify which type of navigation radios are on board.The most common selections are ADF, GPS (listed sometimes as GNSS), DME, ILS, VOR and LPV (if you have an approach-approved WAAS GPS).

Flight Plan

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Glass cockpit HSIs integrate maps, weather, and traffic for better situational awareness. You can use the CDI with navigation aids like VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) or GPS. We wont explain technical details, so you may not understand the example if you havent used a VOR. Whats the Difference between the HSI and CDI?

VOR

Jetwhine

JULY 17, 2024

Given the increased navigation challenges posed by the mobility of not only their targets but especially their aircraft carrier mothership, navigation has been an especially critical skill for all naval aviation crews, and why cockpit plotting boards were standard equipment on single-engine naval aircraft during World War II.

VOR

Gary's Flight Journal

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I only hooked up the tail tie down camera and one inside the cockpit camera, I really wasn't feeling the need today. Since I was tracking the VOR I decided to knock out a VOR check, flying the Waterloo 171 degree radial to the IAF FEMOD. I had activated the pre-heats when I got up this morning since we planed to fly at 1pm.

VOR

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently started to appreciate. I’ve been a lucky man, indeed.

NDB

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

For primary pilots, I like the manual E6-B because the wind side helps with visualization of crosswinds and learning about VORs. You will also be writing down things in the cockpit—for example, the information from the automated weather. You will use the E6-B during your knowledge test.

Flight Computer

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

There are pictures of me in the back cockpit of my dad’s war surplus PT-19 and the rear seat of a rented PA-12. The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. The answer itself is simple, the construct more complex. The reason is that it is time.

VOR

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example: Pilot: Seattle Approach, Cessna November Four Five One Romeo, Two Zero miles west of Seattle VOR, at 8,000, with Sierra, to land. For example, ATC: Fly runway heading until two miles from Kennedy VOR, then turn right, heading one zero zero. Tips for Practicing in the Cockpit Youve done all you could on the ground.

Approach

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

If the runway could not be made my plan was to put the aircraft down in the field west of the airport close to the VOR. It is unlikely that an additional cockpit instrument, such as AOA, will provide any additional safety benefit in such stressed pilot situations. Stressed pilots can operate in ways contrary to training.

Gross Weight

Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Ground school provides the theoretical knowledge needed to understand aviation principles, which youll later apply in the cockpit. Ground school teaches you how to read airspace charts, calculate routes, and use tools like VORs (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and GPS to navigate. Its a crucial part of becoming a pilot.

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 3, 2025

Its within 30nm of the Falmouth VOR, but once thats drawn on the chart you can see how far that is from the airport. In particular, if you fly with a full Garmin cockpit or FlightStream, the benefits of Garmin Pilot are significant. Another small detail: since everything on the chart is to scale, key details can be noticed quickly.

NOTAMs

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

Cockpit

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. From Williamsport, the Susquehanna River follows a ridgeline westbound to Lock Haven, former home of the Piper Aircraft Company. Do you have a prop lock?

Transponder

Air Facts

MAY 9, 2025

The flight from southern Long Island to KALB was easy to plan, with lots of ground references and a few nearby VORs for cross-referencing, including a VOR located on the Albany airport. Scattered clouds and light snow showers were forecast throughout the region, with unlimited visibilities below the clouds and precipitation.

VOR

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