Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This article will teach you ways to deal with weather, routes, altitude choices, and using helpful tools when flying in poor visibility. Key Takeaways Creating an IFR flight plan requires looking at weather patterns, fuel requirements, and alternate airports. At least 1 instrument approach procedure.

Flight Plan

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

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Spatial disorientation can catch even the most experienced pilots off guard. Key Takeaways Spatial disorientation mainly occurs in low-visibility conditions. Pilots should ignore their “gut” and trust their instruments. Avoid flying in IMC and low visibility conditions. Why do pilots lose control?

Runway

Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Well examine why they should always go hand-in-hand and how you can improve your skills to become a more capable pilot. Key Takeaways Currency ensures a pilot meets FAA legal requirements to act as pilot-in-command. Proficiency is a pilots ability to fly skillfully and safely beyond legal minimums.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 24, 2025

On September 30, 2023, a pilot who crashed in his Cessna 150 was a victim of an issue we all know, but he couldnt see it. The CFI told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) the flight review was thorough and commented in the endorsement that the pilot had good aeronautical decision-making skills. At 6:49 p.m., At 7:06 p.m.,

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Ken Dravis is a singer/songwriter and pilot who has written and performed many songs about flying and his love for aviation. As soon as the pilot realizes this, they must abort the landing and climb back to traffic pattern altitude and attempt the approach and landing again. How Do You Perform a Go-Around?

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Northstar VFR

MAY 16, 2024

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Technology in aviation has advanced tremendously since the early days of flying, but one thing has not changed: the weather. Perhaps one of the reasons is that the abundance of weather products available on the internet, TV, handbooks , etc. You should have your personal weather minimums written down.

Weather

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

Piper PA-28-180 Riverside, California/Injuries: 1 Minor NTSB Report: WPR23LA156 The pilot completed the airplanes engine run-up and carburetor heat function checks with no anomalies noted. The pilot initiated a forced landing straight head in a field. The owner reported that he discussed the turbocharger operation with the pilot.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

CFI Academy

DECEMBER 25, 2023

CFI Academy presents an exhilarating opportunity for aviation enthusiasts with our 2-Week Instrument Rating (IR) Course. Designed to enhance your abilities and ensure safe flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) weather, this intensive program is your key to mastering the skies.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2024

The pilot was the passenger’s boyfriend. The boyfriend was a VFR private pilot with about 380 hours logged, properly certificated, and current. Approaching their destination, the pilot asked Memphis Center ATC for an airport weather report. The pilot S-turned and circled the area several times at about 2,500 feet.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Jetwhine

JUNE 24, 2024

for my ACS motivation), has led me to an FAA advisory circular, Use of Flight Deck Displays of Digital Weather and Aeronautical Information. What I remember as weather and traffic services are now METI and AI. Thus, pilots should only use data link weather radar images for broad strategic avoidance of adverse weather.”

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

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. The fully automated MultiScan weather radar also provides predictive analysis and advanced threat detection.

Flight Deck

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2024

The pilot was the passenger’s boyfriend. The boyfriend was a VFR private pilot with about 380 hours logged, properly certificated, and current. Approaching their destination, the pilot asked Memphis Center ATC for an airport weather report. The pilot S-turned and circled the area several times at about 2,500 feet.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Northstar VFR

JUNE 30, 2024

Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Two of the most important pieces of information that every pilot needs to know while flying is how high you are and how fast you’re going. Pilots rely on the airspeed indicator and altimeter instruments to measure and display this vital information. As the diaphragm moves, the needle of the ASI moves.

Pitot Tube

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

by Gustin Robinson, FAA CFI-I ASEL Flying under instrument meteorological conditions keeps even a good pilot on their toes. As a student pilot you were always taught “see and avoid”, keep your eyes outside, etc. Remember that weather conditions vary the further away you get. Have any questions?

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How much “actual instrument” flight time do you have? Chances are, if you’re a VFR pilot, you do not have any unless it was with an instructor. If you’re an instrument rated pilot, however, you should have some flight time logged in what FAR 61.51 considers “solely by reference to instruments in actual conditions.”

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Maintaining strong instrument skills is essential for pilot safety, especially in low-visibility conditions. What is an instrument proficiency check? Its a required assessment for pilots who have not met IFR currency rules, ensuring they can safely operate under instrument flight rules.

Instrument Flight Rules

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Falcon 2000 EASy Contributing Writer Pilot in a Gulfstream G650 sim at CAE. This is a view of corporate aviation unfamiliar to the passengers, where pilots practice normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures. F light simulator sessions are essential to professional pilot training and certification. Completing the annual 61.58

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

However, a forecast for low IFR weather in that part of Maine led us to cancel it. I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. We spent some time in instrument meteorological conditions over Vermont.

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AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

It involved an in-flight breakup, and the pilot was a doctor. This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud.

Tail

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

It involved an in-flight breakup; and the pilot was a doctor. This is often the result of the aircraft picking up excessive airspeed as a result of pilot disorientation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by an abrupt pitch-up after exiting the bottom of the cloud.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The pilot had planned a day trip for himself and two passengers from Myerstown, Pennsylvania, to Washington, Indiana. The private pilot had 380 hours, with over 200 of those in PA-32s. He didn’t have an instrument rating. And this summer afternoon did have weather. What the pilot knew of these is unknown.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Winter's Airport For pilots in the Northeast, one of the most eagerly anticipated events each year is the freezing of Alton Bay, a narrow, southerly oriented limb off the main body of New Hampshire's expansive Lake Winnipesaukee. Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Photo by Ed.

Runway

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

It requires pilots to have a high level of skill and experience. N either pilot liked this mountain airport. The pilots reduced power to bleed altitude, but, given the short distance to the runway, they knew they would land long. Some approaches even require specialized pilot training to receive clearance.

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Go-arounds are among the easiest tasks a pilot can perform. Pilots avoid go-arounds because it is seen as an admission of guilt. Pilots perform the maneuver when a landing is unsafe or can result in an incident. Pilots perform the maneuver when a landing is unsafe or can result in an incident. What Is a Go-Around?

Wind Shear

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

Execjet" is the callsign used by NetJets and the pilot's intentions were broadcast across the ramp by loudspeaker. This was puzzling because the ceiling should have been high enough for the pilot to acquire the airport visually at minimums. At the operations building, the two women were distressed by their pilot's failure to land.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

As our trip to Sleepy Hollow neared, forecasts for IFR weather inspired a shuffling of airplanes and pilots so that our seven adventurers were distributed among three IFR-capable airplanes with current IFR pilots. The airport as a whole most certainly did not cater to our pilot demographic. Better safe than sorry.

Clearance