Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

For VFR pilots beginning instrument training, the cockpit gets crowded fast. One of the most essential tools for staying ahead of the airplane is the electronic flight bag (EFB). They organize and prioritize information in ways that match the pilots workload. Understanding the EFB An EFB is not a single piece of hardware.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

Drones have their own language, and its filled with abbreviations and acronyms that can be overwhelming for new drone pilots. But it is valuable to learn these terms for the sake of safety, compliance, and communication in the aviation world. If youre just starting off with drone flight, then this is the list for you.

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 6, 2025

What’s the best iPad for Pilots – 2025 Edition iPad Pilot News The original Apple iPad was released nearly 15 years ago on April 3, 2010. It uses the powerful M3 processor, which can handle the most demanding aviation apps with ease. iPad Pro, iPad Air or iPad Mini?

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iPad Pilot News

MAY 14, 2024

Electronic flight bag legal briefing for pilots—2024 edition iPad Pilot News The best reading is in some Advisory Circulars from the FAA. Each year we publish a plain-language review of the FARs and Advisory Circulars pertaining to the use of iPads and electronic flight bags in the cockpit.

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AV Web

JANUARY 1, 2025

Modern FMS platforms equipped with AI can analyze vast amounts of data, including weather conditions, air traffic, and aircraft performance metrics, to optimize flight paths in real-time. For example, AI can dynamically adjust flight plans to avoid turbulence or adjust fuel consumption, thereby enhancing comfort and operational efficiency.

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iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

What’s the best iPad for Pilots – 2024 Holiday Edition iPad Pilot News The original Apple iPad was released over 14 years ago on April 3, 2010. It uses the powerful M2 processor which can handle the most demanding aviation app with ease. iPad Pro, iPad Air or iPad Mini?

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Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The student pilot may initially struggle to understand the functions of an E6B flight computer. But pilots around the globe rely on this indispensable gadget for charting their flights, crunching numbers to determine time in transit, fuel usage, and necessary adjustments for wind shifts. Thats your true airspeed.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

These all seem pretty logical to us as drivers, but too much of the time, we don’t think defensively as pilots in our flying. The same concepts we use in defensive driving apply to flight operations to help us mitigate risks of violations, incidents, or accidents.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Courtesy: Kevin Cortes] We grabbed an Aspen Flying Club Cessna 172S from Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO), where filing the flight plan and preflight checks went off without a hitch under clear skies. Alexis Cunningham in front of Hayes Aviation FBO. Aspen Flying Club Cessna 172S at KCFO.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

We reminisced about the days when we became private pilots. Like many, I had periods of sporadic flight time over the decades, but I had been flying consistently for the past 15 years. Mark’s passion for general aviation endured, despite not logging many hours since the ’80s. Louis for a WWII era airshow.

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iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Pilot’s aviation app directory 2025 Edition iPad Pilot News iPad Pilot News has helped pilots discoverover 100 quality aviation appssince the invention of the iPad in 2010.Here AOPA Magazine Delivers AOPA’s monthly magazines to AOPA members, including AOPA Pilot and AOPA Flight Training.

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Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In those years, I never missed a trip as a commuter, never scratched the paint on one of our airplanes, never got an FAA violation, never injured a passenger, and never had a less than cordial conversation with the chief pilot. After my rude dismissal from United, I fell into the most beautiful retirement job an old pilot could ever find.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 16, 2025

In todays fast-paced, hyper-connected world, more entrepreneurs and small business owners are discovering the advantages of becoming pilots. Its no longer just a dream for the ultra-wealthy or aviation-obsessed flying your own aircraft is now a practical, strategic tool that gives business owners a competitive edge.

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Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to Pilot Certificates and Ratings Looking to understand pilot certificates and ratings? This guide covers the types of FAA pilot certifications, what they allow you to do, and the steps to achieve them. The certifications include the Student Pilot Certificate and the Sport Pilot Certificate.

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Air

JANUARY 22, 2025

With E-ATO 190 certification by the Spanish Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) and under European EASA regulations, One Air once again reaffirms itself as a reference in pilot training worldwide. Best Flight School in Spain in 2024, 2021 and 2020 Why have we been chosen? Would you like to study at the best Spanish flight school?

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Looking back on both these experiences, the primary difference was that the first was guided by the principle of single-pilot resource management (SRM) and the second by its older sibling, crew resource management (CRM). The term crew resource management is generally credited to NASA psychologist John Lauber.

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Universal Weather

OCTOBER 30, 2024

General Aviation (GA) traffic movements throughout this region are much higher than normal during peak and super-peak periods when airports often reach saturation levels. For charter operations, no pilot may be over age 65, but a pilot aged 60-64 may fly as second in command (SIC). or another country.

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Air Facts

APRIL 15, 2024

What a difference a decade makes: the GA boom in statistics Air Facts Journal General aviation is growing. That simple statement would have been unremarkable to a pilot in the 1960s or 1970s, as surprising as saying the sun rose in the east that day. That’s a lot of new pilots, at least compared to recent years.

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Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

They often flight plan their cross country on it, and use it for the oral exam when I ask questions. Chasing down paperwork or showing up without a flight plan completed are ways to show that you’re not ready for a practical exam! The #1 issue that I see comes from EFBs. Most of my applicants use an EFB.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

But before you can enter it, there are many important rules and concepts that as a pilot you must understand. Key Takeaways Airports that fall under Class C designation handle general aviation and airline traffic. Key Takeaways Airports that fall under Class C designation handle general aviation and airline traffic.

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Fear of Landing

MAY 30, 2025

On the 4th of June 2023, a Cessna Citation 560 aircraft crashed in Montebello, Virginia, killing the pilot and three passengers. Unlike larger business jets, the Citation 560 requires only one qualified pilot. The accident pilot was a “long-time friend of the family” and had managed their aircraft over the years.

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Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 13, 2024

Key Takeaways The Cirrus SR22 has evolved significantly since its certification in 2000, introducing key innovations like the Avidyne Entegra glass cockpit in 2003 and the turbocharged SR22 Turbo in 2006, which have set new standards in general aviation.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

That’s exactly what the legendary Bob Buck did 55 years ago in his Cessna 182 Skylane as he enjoyed the sights and sounds of low altitude flying and the freedom that only general aviation affords—a relatable sentiment to the Air Facts community. That’s why so many airline pilots are private pilots too and own airplanes.

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AV Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This week’s blog is by Jeremy King, a senior editor of Plane and Pilot Magazine and Delta Boeing 717 captain. I’d yet to land on that fabled grass runway, the Augusta National of general aviation, and this would be the year. He also pens a weekly online column called Words Aloft and this is this week’s offering.

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 17, 2025

Slidell Airport (KASD) Slidell Airport is about 35 miles from downtown New Orleans and offers a low-traffic option for general aviation. Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional (KAPS) Situated about 30 miles west of New Orleans, KAPS caters to business aviation with FBO services and ramp space.

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iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Navigating ForeFlight Subscriptions: Which Plan is Right for Your Needs iPad Pilot News ForeFlight is a powerful mobile app designed to simplify flight planning and in-flight navigation for pilots. Basic Plus—$120/year ForeFlight’s drop-down FPL window is a powerful flight plan editor.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. This hardly seems equitable, but is a reality that pilots have borne for many years. ounce toiletries.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Our committee encourages club pilots to expand their horizons by venturing beyond the local area. To provide student pilots an opportunity to experience real world general aviation flying outside of the training environment and introduce them to what they can do once they have earned their pilot certificates.

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AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Over the Tower of Ra, Grand Canyon National Park Sightseeing tour flights and private aircraft often make the airspace over the Canyon very busy. To reduce collision risk and control noise pollution, the FAA designates the Canyon a Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA). Sporty’s Pilot Shop stocks current Grand Canyon charts.

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Learn to Fly

APRIL 11, 2024

Once the decision is made to divert, the next decision is to return to the departure, continue to the alternate (which was determined as part of flight planning), or pick a new destination to get out of the weather. This tends to result in extreme conditions. This tends to result in extreme conditions.

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Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

A typical non-aviation data bus offers multidirectional data transfer between various bus points on a single set of wires not so with A429. Pilots have long complained that the speed of A429 data transfer was slow; they believed that faster processors will improve performance. Flight Management Systems (FMS). Cockpit Displays.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Mesa, Arizona, is an exceptional destination for flight training, boasting over 300 sunny days annually, which ensures consistent flying conditions. The city is home to Falcon Field Airport, a hub for general aviation with modern facilities and a rich aviation history.

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Universal Weather

JULY 18, 2023

The annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) takes place Aug. Higher than normal general aviation (GA) traffic is expected during this period at SBSP. Required documentation includes airworthiness and registration certificates, worldwide insurance, pilot licenses and first class medicals.

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AV Web

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Air Force hosts several Mid-Air Collision Avoidance (MACA) events to educate the flying public on how to conduct operations in and around their SUAs as well as provide a forum for the free flow of information between the military and the general aviation community. And any breach of R-5001 requires Approach to file a pilot deviation.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We studied all of our options going into New York via general aviation. The day before we left, I had already worked the flight plan dozens of times, looking for potential pitfalls and hiccups. Taking the train back to Linden, we preflighted, untied, and filed our flight plan on ForeFlight.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

We studied all of our options going into New York via general aviation. The day before we left, I had already worked the flight plan dozens of times, looking for potential pitfalls and hiccups. Taking the train back to Linden, we preflighted, untied, and filed our flight plan on ForeFlight.

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Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

However, when Gulfstream introduced its Honeywell-made Synthetic Vision System – Primary Flight Display to business aircraft in 2005, it was the real thing. Yet suddenly, neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night would keep professional pilots on the ground – or divert them into it. The images were artificial, and looked it.

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