Pilot Institute

JUNE 19, 2025

Check NOTAMs for temporary closures marked with yellow Xs. Visual runways feature aiming point markings (described later on in this article) if the runway is 4,000ft or longer or used by jet aircraft. To provide a clear area for jet and propeller blasts to dissipate. Yellow taxiway and holding markings prevent runway incursions.

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Air Facts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The strength and location of the jet stream is normally: stronger and farther north in the winter. Most pilots understand that the jet stream shifts north during the summer; however, the jet stream is stronger in the winter because there is a greater temperature difference between the poles and the equator. Refer to figure 34.)

Clearance

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 13, 2024

At which altitude and location on V573 would you expect the navigational signal of the HOT VOR/DME to be unreliable? The strength and location of the jet stream is normally: stronger and farther north in the summer. 6,000 feet at ELMMO intersection. 2,700 feet at MARKI intersection. 3,000 feet at APINE intersection.

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Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Gulfstream IV & Global Express Pilot Worldwide Jet Charter Cisco TX B efore becoming a maintenance director, I spent most of my career as a field tech rep. We had checked weather, Notams, and everything else, and all seemed good. Later, YFB Twr/Wx said that an ice storm had knocked out both NDBs and that no Notam was ever issued.

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