Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Blockages in the pitot tube or static port can lead to inaccurate or failed instrument readings. Pilots can use pitot heat or alternate static sources to handle blockages in-flight. Both the pitot tube and static port are connected to instruments through tiny pipes that carry the air pressure readings. Cool, right?

Pitot Tube

WayMan

JUNE 16, 2025

Avionics An aircraft’s flight deck, with its collection of displays and controls, is a wonder of engineering. For a future pilot, a thorough knowledge of these systems is essential. Two terms that are often heard are “flight instruments” and “avionics.”

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Honeywell Primus Epic F ederal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 91.205 prescribes the minimum instruments and equipment necessary for flight. As the flying environment grows more complex such as under instrument flight rules (IFR) additional instrumentation becomes critical.

Cockpit

Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

At this point in my life as a pilot, the aerial journey from western New York across Ontario, Canada to southeast Michigan is so deeply ingrained that seeing the sights along that route for the first time in many months is imbued with its own type of nostalgia. Risk assessment drives pilot decision making. Downtown London, Ontario.

OAT

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Jake Carpenter Contributing Writer F rom rudimentary analog gauges to todays sophisticated, fully integrated avionics, the evolution of cockpit technologies has revolutionized how pilots interact with their aircraft. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).

Flight Deck