Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. Next morning, I was looking for where a front would be thinnest, so the flight plan had a big 90-degree turn in it after penetrating the front visually.

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Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The partnership brings enhanced efficiency and safety to flight preparation. As Nimbl customers create flight plans in Airplane Manager, flight information such as departure, destination, tail number, PIC, SIC, etc., are automatically synced between Nimbl and Airplane Manager.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 13, 2025

Fly an IFR flight plan on a simulator and use its radio tools. But even without those tools, you can role-play your entire flight from the comfort of your couch. When ATC calls your tail number, stop whatever youre doingwriting, briefing, whateverand give the controllers your full attention. Begin with active listening.

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Flight Training Central

JUNE 3, 2024

This can include using previously assigned frequencies, emergency frequencies, NAVAIDs, personal or company contact information provided in the flight plan, etc. Controllers are trained to use all appropriate means available to reestablish communications with NORDO aircraft.

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Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. It was known that the hapless pilots were usually junior and, no doubt, underpaid taking on all odds to gain the necessary experience for a coveted airline career some time in the future.

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Universal Weather

MARCH 29, 2024

PPR Info Requirements In all cases, you’ll need to provide a full schedule, tail number, complete crew/passenger passport information, and insurance valid for the European Union. The earlier a flight plan is filed on Eurocontrol’s website, the better – in terms of achieving preferred departure time. Customs Alert!

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Thorough pre-flight planning and continuous weather monitoring help mitigate icing risks. Understanding Icing Conditions in IFR Icing refers to the buildup of ice on aircraft surfaces while in flight. Knowing these classifications will allow you to make well-informed decisions when flight planning and while in the air.

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Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Maintaining awareness of airspace boundaries helps with the planning and carrying out of successful flights. Give ATC a brief but informative transmission with the following information: The kind and tail number of the aircraft. Sometimes the sectional chart has information to call when 20 NM from the airport.

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Flight Training Central

JUNE 17, 2024

The controller will want to know your present position, aircraft type/tail number, altitude, and your destination. The controller will want to know your present position, aircraft type/tail number, altitude, and your destination. For further flight following, suggest Memphis Center on one-two-eight, point two-two.” DO listen up!

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Flexair

JULY 3, 2024

Practical Applications in Aviation Using the Phonetic Alphabet in Flight Operations The phonetic alphabet is used in various flight operations, including communicating tail numbers, flight plans, and coordinates. It ensures that information is transmitted accurately, reducing the risk of errors.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It was fun to realize that I hadn’t filed a flight plan, I didn’t have a release signed by a company dispatcher and me, and I really didn’t know where I was going and didn’t care except that it was west. With this, our present frequencies could be for all the other messages, flight plans, etc.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The day before we left, I had already worked the flight plan dozens of times, looking for potential pitfalls and hiccups. I called LaGuardia tower and gave it my plan then was cleared into the New York Bravo airspace at 1,300 feet. 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

The day before we left, I had already worked the flight plan dozens of times, looking for potential pitfalls and hiccups. I called LaGuardia tower and gave it my plan then was cleared into the New York Bravo airspace at 1,300 feet. Taking the train back to Linden, we preflighted, untied, and filed our flight plan on ForeFlight.

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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. It also allows the pilot to control the flow of oxygen to flight crew only or to both flight crew and passengers (by default, it is set to both).

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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. I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh, Data center," Potomac answered.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

To review, flying an IFR trip involves four main steps: File a flight plan (either with Flight Service or in an aviation app). Tell them your tail number, where you are, and the IFR flight plan you’d like to open. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code.

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Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

In order to reach College Park, pilots must receive specific training from the FAA, undergo vetting by the TSA to earn a personal identification number (PIN) necessary to authorize flight plans within the FRZ, and follow the unique and specific rules for operating into and out of the FRZ. If that sounds intimidating, it is.

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Air

MAY 21, 2025

Headwind component (Vf), either on the face or tail, is calculated with the cosine function. It’s a practical skill, especially for pre-flight planning and in-flight adjustments. Crosswind component (V) , obtained with the sine function. – A negative value indicates tailwind.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

We will break federal regulations into five categories: Registration Operating rules Operational limits Part 107 certification Privacy and safety Registration Like crewed aircraft with their tail numbers, called “N-numbers,” most drones require a registration number. The FAADroneZone is a great place to start.

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Universal Weather

MAY 9, 2023

Once the PPR is approved, you will receive a confirmation ID, which will be your tail number and date of operation. Confirmation reference does not need to be placed in flight planning remarks. This confirmation number is the tail number plus the date of operation (e.g., NXXXdatemonth).

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Due to eCDM (Collaboraborative Decision Making) implementation, departure slots have 0 minutes tolerance, and flight plans must match. What needs to be added to remarks section 18 of the flight plan is the chosen handling agent and the FBO used by that handling agent, for example, HANDLING BY UNIVERSAL/FBO1-SFM.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I lamented that there was no tail tie-down until I remembered that I had brought three welded rebar tie-downs and a heavy hammer to drive them in. Next morning, I was looking for where a front would be thinnest, so the flight plan had a big 90-degree turn in it after penetrating the front visually.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 13, 2025

There were a good number of shops to explore while waiting for your flight departure. I did a check of my flight, it was arriving after 2 hours and 14 minutes in the air. The aircraft was flying with the help of the tail wind that's why the flight is shorter than the flight back to Taipei Songshan.

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. It involved an in-flight breakup, and the pilot was a doctor. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each.

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. It involved an in-flight breakup; and the pilot was a doctor. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Preparations for this trip the night before included: Flight planning to time-out each of the four legs of the planned round trip as well as verification of customs hours (Kingston, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm M-F, Ogdensburg, 8:00 am to midnight every day). Filing three IFR flight plans (KSDC to CYGK, CYGK to CYRO, and CYRO to KOGS).

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

These flights followed two flight plans based upon earlier NASA Flight Research Center studies, one for a variable-sweep wing configuration and the other for a delta-wing configuration. NASA Flight Research Center test pilot William H. NASA Flight Research Center test pilot William H.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 29, 2024

All of this was done with absolutely no flight plan!” They stuck their tail rotor through some brush and peppered me with branches. “They would strip all of the markings off of my DC-6and I would depart around 2:00 AM. We would fly 500 feet off of the published routes, and fly for about 10 hours carrying munitions down to Laos.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

I stop at the departure end, letting the GRT Mini EFIS finish aligning, double-checking my radio and flight plan are all set. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. I make another obligatory radio call to no one, taxi out to the centerline and power up.

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Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 20, 2023

All it takes is a note in the flight plan "requesting no route across Lake Erie" to catch a human's eye and inspire intervention. Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 20 Aug 2023 N21481 PTK (Waterford, MI) - SDC (Sodus, NY) 2.5 Thanks guys, as always.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Plan for the Conditions During your flight planning: Look up the expected winds at your estimated arrival time. But remember, the crosswind you just battled is still hitting the aircraft’s wing and tail. The Step-by-Step Guide to Crosswind Landings A good crosswind landing starts before you even leave the ground.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. At Million Air, I helped myself to a Coke while I filed an IFR flight plan home. (In Better safe than sorry. Washington Irving's headstone is the one adorned by American flags.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Note that PPR confirmations need not be placed in your flight plan’s International Civil Aviation Organization section. You must submit the tail number, aircraft type, size, and arrival/departure schedule to request parking. Requests are submitted via a website portal controlled by the airport authority.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Due to eCDM (Collaboraborative Decision Making) implementation, departure slots have 0 minutes tolerance, and flight plans must match. What needs to be added to remarks section 18 of the flight plan is the chosen handling agent and the FBO used by that handling agent, for example, HANDLING BY UNIVERSAL/FBO1-SFM.

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Universal Weather

JULY 5, 2023

Revisions to annual permits must be made for any changes regarding documentation, tail number, or modification of owner/address/name. Annual permits require monthly statistical reports showing any flight activity to Mexico, even if you don’t have any flights that month. Note that annual permits expire on Dec.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 8, 2024

My rating: GIG and SDU Airport and In-flight experience: 8/10 In-Flight Snack: 6/10 Economy Class Seat: 7/10 Cleanliness: 10/10 In-Flight Entertainment: 8/10 Total Score: 39/50 Percentage: 78% 11. For my flight planning, I added in as many flights as I could even the LATAM staff at Lima was shocked when she saw my itinerary.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

Taking this development in stride, I began planning for the day’s activities by checking the weather and filing a VFR flight plan for my itinerary. When I got to the tail section, I reached for the elevator to inspect the trim tab actuators, but hesitated.

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