Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 30, 2025

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 Apps for Aviation Weather 1. Best All-In-One Pilot App 4. ForeFlight Overview : ForeFlight is the most comprehensive EFB on the market.

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Pilot Flight Computer Weather Wind Shear 52

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

I have tried to wait out a storm only to watch a bigger and badder one to move in and the overall weather situation getting worse. We should also observe the ground for other markers such as the disturbed surface of lakes, wind rushing through crop fields, blowing smoke, etc. We need to watch out for all markers of high surface winds.

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear AGL Lift Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

And the finest example of a Cirrus SR22 is not going to want to lift a full load out of a backcountry strip on a warm afternoon with a density altitude reading five digits. You should go only if the weather is as benign as forecast, good alternates exist, and you feel good about doing it.

Density Altitude 60

Density Altitude Wind Shear Airplanes Pilot 60

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. When an aircraft encounters horizontal wind shear, it could be blown off centerline. Similarly, if an aircraft encounters vertical wind shear, it reduces or increases the sink rate.

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear Runway Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He frequently hosted visiting pilots, providing them with detailed briefings of the area and the weather. The CAPE index, a measure of convective energy and instability, was below 100 joules, indicating a very low probability of severe weather or thunderstorms. Boundary layer winds were moderate at 10-20 kt out of the WNW.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52