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iPad Pilot News
JUNE 27, 2025
The 10 Best Weather Apps for Pilots—2025 Edition iPad Pilot News Thunderstorm season is here, and for pilots that means one thing: weather awareness becomes even more critical. Here are our top 10 best weather apps for pilots: Weather Spork provides a detailed profile view of current and forecast weather. Station Weather.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
Drones have their own language, and its filled with abbreviations and acronyms that can be overwhelming for new drone pilots. Common Drone Acronyms and What They Mean Lets start off with the most basic acronyms that even beginner drone pilots should know. The effect is that the pilot feels like they are flying while inside the drone.
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Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
As a pilot, will you be able to recognize an occluded front when one comes your way? Many student pilots feel lost when studying occluded fronts, and it’s easy to see why. Pilots should anticipate heavy rain, storms, icing, and turbulence with occluded fronts. All these and more create the perfect recipe for wind shear.
Inflight Pilot Training
MAY 30, 2025
With the right apps, pilots can check weather, plan routes, improve radio communications, log flights, simulate flying scenarios, and even listen in on real-time ATC traffic. Whether you’re a student just starting out or a professional pilot refining your workflow, these 10 aviation apps will help you fly smarter in 2025.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 5, 2024
Top 10 aviation weather apps for pilots iPad Pilot News Checking the weather before flight has always been one of the most popular uses for the iPad. So we’ll focus on apps that offer more for pilots, both free and paid. This app is hard to beat for a quick check of multiple METARs and NOTAMs. But which app to use?
Pilot Institute
MAY 1, 2024
For new instrument pilots, flying an approach to minimums is a big challenge. Key Takeaways Instrument approach briefings help pilots maintain situational awareness during the approach. As pilots, we must review and brief the approach in detail before attempting to fly it. Pilots use both types of charts extensively.
Flying Magazine
MAY 1, 2024
Some gust fronts can be completely harmless or may be a precursor for an encounter with severe turbulence and dangerous low-level convective wind shear. READ MORE: How Do You Check NOTAMs? These gust fronts often contain severe or extreme turbulence, strong and gusty straight-line winds, and low-level convective wind shear.
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