Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

I filed the return flight plan from Mike's car along the way, remembering to file my preferred airway route plus a request to avoid flight over Lake Erie. When filing the return flight plan, I debated between cruise altitudes of 5,000 and 7,000 feet. Time for Plan B. The offending cloud layer concealed rain.

OAT

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Flight training usually consists of ground school and practical flight instruction. Ground school provides the required knowledge in areas such as aircraft systems, aviation weather, flight planning, navigation, FAA regulations, and radio communications. Navigation : Planning and going on cross-country flights.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Understanding what you’re flying into will only prepare you for smooth flights ahead. Identifying occluded fronts on charts is important for flight planning and safety. And since icing can occur at any altitude, you might have a harder time selecting a flight level.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

Having recently reviewed how to call for a clearance, I filed my first IFR flight plan, received my clearance from the VATSIM controller, and soon I was following the Logan Four departure out of the Class Bravo and on my way. It would be close but still permissible.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Narrow runway: Feels higher than you are, leading to a steep descent and faster landing. Here are the most common ones: Runway Width Illusion Wide runway: Feels lower than you are, causing you to pitch up and risk stalling. Sloping Runway Illusion Upsloping runway: Feels high, causing a low approach and risk of terrain collision.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JULY 31, 2025

Additional safety features include the Blue Level button, electronic stability and protection (ESP), and automated descent mode for hypoxia scenarios. Pilots can access Flight Stream 510 for wireless flight plan syncing, Cirrus IQ for remote aircraft monitoring, and SiriusXM Weather and Audio for in-flight situational awareness.

Descent

Air Facts

JUNE 4, 2025

I filed my flight plan and headed out. I acknowledged and began a gentle descent. The METAR and TAF showed CAVOK along most of the route, with a mention of scattered clouds near Bohol by late morning. Winds aloft were light and variableideal for a smooth cruise. Recommend descending to 4,000 feet for clearer conditions.

Altimeter

Fear of Landing

JULY 4, 2025

The controller stood and checked the console at 01:43 for any new flight plans. At some point, either to increase thrust while pitching up or to arrest the sudden descent, the pilot increased the engine power to full. hours total flight time. It was 01:42. There were not.

Cockpit

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. This was a lesson learned in 2024 while coincidentally receiving another reroute near Philadelphia.

Runway

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 10, 2025

Descent planning is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of managing your flight. And if not planned properly, a poorly executed descent can present challenges and unnecessary risks when transitioning to an approach or the traffic pattern.

Descent

AV Web

OCTOBER 5, 2024

According to FlightAware , the IFR flight plan took it on a loop through southern California before turning north toward Monterey and the track shows it maintaining a steady 219 knots at 20,000 feet for almost two hours when it turned south and began an erratic descent toward Bakersfield. bound for Monterey, California.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

He lost 200 feet before even noticing the descent. One of the most essential tools for staying ahead of the airplane is the electronic flight bag (EFB). You likely became introduced to an EFB as a student pilot and probably use one for basic flight planning tasks as a VFR pilot, but using one in instrument flight is different.

Pilot

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. The pilot was instrument rated and the flight was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan: that is, they did not have to stay visual for the flight.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Maybe it’s the Georgia flying weather, or maybe it’s the ever-increasing emphasis on “old” pilot instead of “bold” pilot, but it seems that flight planning these days is a lot more about if and when than about route and altitude. It’s only two hours by RV-9A, but there are gotchas lurking in the flight planning.

Airplanes

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In part two of AeroTime’s ‘ Anatomy of a commercial airline flight – all you ever wanted to know ’, we will examine the subsequent stages of your flight, from the cruise to descent and deceleration as you approach your destination and culminating in the landing and lastly, arrival at your gate.

Cabin Crew

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The latest version of the app is extremely versatile, providing all the digital resources a student pilot needs when learning to fly a Cessna 172, while simultaneously offering a Gulfstream pilot advanced flight planning and international resources needed to fly from New York to London.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Flight idle and nose down, which normally produced a 2,000-3,000-feet descent rate, resulted in a 2,000-feet-per-minute climb. We continued our descent into Great Falls, leaving “the wave” behind and above. Our return flight was by a safer, much smoother route. I said to my first officer, “Ask for lower.

Turbulence

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, during the descent on an ILS approach, you encounter VMC prior to reaching the initial approach fix. To log the approach toward instrument currency the flight must remain on an IFR flight plan throughout the approach and landing. For a flight in VFR conditions while on an IFR flight plan.

Instrument Flight Rules

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

VNAV adds automated vertical guidance to approaches, reducing pilot workload during descents. It calculates a descent route to maintain a stable approach from the initial approach fix to touchdown. With the right equipment, you can make good decisions during flight planning and be ready for the approaches available at your destination.

Approach

Air Facts

JULY 31, 2024

I communicated my intentions and began my descent. As I began my descent back into Lanseria International Airport, I felt a renewed sense of purpose and accomplishment. This flight had tested my limits, but it had also reaffirmed my passion for aviation. This flight was no different. The landing was rough.

Turbulence

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

Flight planning becomes more advanced than before, flying SIDs and STARs, and instrument approaches. But a crucial part of this flight planning is planning for the worst case scenario: What if you can’t land at your original destination? When MUST I Plan for an Alternate?

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

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. Embraer Aircraft Services A complete line of apps to assist operators of Embraer aircraft with support and services, performance and flight planning.

Weather

AV Web

JANUARY 8, 2025

An additional consideration exists for aircraft cruising in the flight levels. Most flight planning software will calculate the 30-45 minutes required at planned cruise flight, when more than likely you will not reach those same altitudes during a diversion. Reserve 45 minutes 13 11.5

Payload

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Before heading to the plane, you might have a chance to cover basic principles of flight, and will certainly discuss current weather conditions, safety protocols, and the days flight plan. This hands-on process involves using a standardized checklist to examine the aircraft with the aim of ensuring flight safety.

Rudder

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

For cross-country flights that involve going to an airport at least 50 nm away, you will budget more time. Your first lesson will likely be heading out to the local practice area (your instructor knows where that is) to learn how to do climbs, turns, and descents. You want the room to make mistakes.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in the gloom.

Approach

Flight Training Central

JULY 26, 2024

From NASA’s Aviation Reporting System, CALLBACK Flying…on an IFR flight plan last night, it was overcast at 12,000 feet and very dark.… The horizon came back into view, I stopped the descent, added power, and began to climb. I had descended from 8,000 feet and was level at 3,000 feet. Check your altitude.”

Airplanes

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Additionally, a pilot should report any of the following events:: When vacating any previously assigned altitude or flight level for a newly assigned altitude or flight level ( AIM 5-3-3 ) When an altitude change will be made if operating on a clearance specifying VFR-on-top. ( AIM 5-3-3 ) When an approach has been missed. (

Instrument Flight Rules

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

Put the aircraft in level flight to give them a moment to consider their next course of action so they are not anxiously doing climbs, descents, and unplanned turns. Have the learner go through a flight from start-up to shutdown using the GPS. Keep it realistic. Should they hold?

Crosswind

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

New Adventures in Flight Planning and Filing I decided to test-drive my PIN and the whole FRZ process for the first time as my annual fall solo flight in October of 2023. Any flight into the FRZ requires a FRZ flight plan. For the most part, the process was quick and easy. But no ice formed that morning.

Transponder

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 21, 2024

I’m pretty close to the airport so I have time to enjoy a coffee, flight plan and then get ready. My flight plan and performance numbers are all electronically uploaded to the computer system on the plane. After briefing the approach, we start our descent down. It’s a pretty easy turn, just over 2 hours each way.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

MAY 6, 2025

Typical Structure Our Discovery Flights at Leopard Aviation typically follow this structure: Pre-Flight Briefing: Before takeoff, you’ll meet with your CFI to discuss safety procedures, aircraft controls, and the flight plan. This session ensures you’re comfortable and informed about the upcoming experience.

Pilot

Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

Overview of ADS-B flight track, flight plan waypoints, and accident location, with selected time and altitude labels by the NTSB. The violent impact had scattered the debris such that the investigators couldn’t examine the flight surfaces and controls. The second engine had shattered into pieces.

Cockpit

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 3, 2025

For example, the profile view in SmartCharts shows the descent angle for an LNAV+V approach (one with an advisory glideslope) and also the visual glideslope angle (like a PAPI). Some of the smaller details are also surprisingly helpful.

NOTAMs

Fly with Eva

MARCH 20, 2018

Flashes of previous 737 experience, flight training, moving all over the planet, Phoenix, Girona, Rome, Barcelona, Hong Kong, manuals, operating procedures and limitations. I see my name on the crew list, I sign in and read the flight plan, notams and weather. Descent briefing, approach briefing, and down we go.

Jet

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

After 11 hours of flight during our descent to initiate an approach, the airport closed for Category I (CAT I) approaches due to weather. We decided to divert to our alternate airport and landed safely as previously planned. Im not sure Id call that a deviation, since it was on the filed flight plan.

Weather

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Our trusty Continentals or Lycomings do well in cold climates as long as we warm up the engine fully before takeoff, manage the cowl flaps smartly, and avoid shock cooling in idle descents. Roughly translated, it says when three significant risk factors are present during a flight, we might need to rethink our flight plan.

Ceiling