Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Primary Flight Display 
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Both the pitot tube and static port are connected to instruments through tiny pipes that carry the air pressure readings. If you’re in a modern, fancy airplane with glass primary flight displays instead of round dials, then it uses something called an Air Data Computer to show these readings. Cool, right?
Photographic Logbook
MAY 25, 2025
I cancelled the flight to my hometown due to a combination of strong winds aloft, surface winds forecast at 20-something knots gusting to 30-something knots, and potential for IFR conditions and icing to boot. Timing was unfortunate because I chose that leg of the flight to relieve an over-pressurized bladder.
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