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Electronic flight bag legal briefing for pilots—2025 edition

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This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan). The AC “is intended only to provide clarity.”

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Flight Instruments vs. Avionics

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Flight Management Systems (FMS): Sophisticated computer systems with integration of navigation, flight planning, performance management, and systems monitoring. Autopilot Systems: Can automatically pilot the aircraft’s flight path according to pilot inputs or pre-programmed parameters.

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Always Have an Out: The SLD Incident

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Living among the Great Lakes means that the weather risks that I find most concerning cycle with the seasons; icing when it's cold, thunderstorms when it's hot. Warrior 481 does not interrogate high enough flight levels during summer, so the number of days when icing and convection present simultaneous risks are few.

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Avionics and cockpit automation

Professional Pilot

The modification declutters the panel by installing sleek high-resolution LED backlit displays that serve as the primary flight display (PFD) and multifunction display (MFD). Touch screen and cursor controls allow pilot selectable layers of data (including synthetic vision) to be displayed.

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Business jet flight decks

Professional Pilot

Collins Aerospace The Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system offers an all-in-one solution for flight deck modernization, and enhances safety, situational awareness (SA), and operational efficiency across aircraft platforms. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).

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Electronic flight bag legal briefing for pilots—2024 edition

iPad Pilot News

This AC also points out that cell phones and LTE-enabled iPads, while prohibited from use in flight by FCC regulations, are allowed to be used in aircraft while on the ground (ie, for picking up a clearance or filing a flight plan). The AC “is intended only to provide clarity.”

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Flight vision systems

Professional Pilot

However, when Gulfstream introduced its Honeywell-made Synthetic Vision System – Primary Flight Display to business aircraft in 2005, it was the real thing. The images will be remarkably realistic, especially on models with a 4K display. A highway-in-the-sky display is available.