Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

Rather, the system, in the largest sense, includes VAOAI advocates and promoters, regulators, pilots, aircraft, regulations, training, airports, air traffic, airspace, weather, publications, public opinion, and more. other words, pilots have to figure out how to use ADS-B because the systems engineering is still incomplete.

Final Approach

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These tools help the pilots deal with this busy section of the flight replete with numerous checklists, changing clearances, and traffic. We have some of the same checklists, clearances, and traffic, and we have one less pilot to get them all done. The post Arriving in Style appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

Descent

Flying Magazine

JULY 31, 2025

After earning your private pilot license, the next big step in your flying journey is obtaining an instrument rating. For many pilots, online ground schools are just as effective as in-person classes because they offer flexibility, affordability, accessibility, self-paced learning, and consistency.

Checkride

Flying Magazine

JULY 8, 2025

You may have ideas on how to expedite your training—such as flying five hours a day, five days a week with the idea you’ll be a private pilot in two months. Sometimes the flight school will urge the learner to accelerate their training by doing both the private pilot and instrument ground schools at the same time. Could it happen?

Wind Shear

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

One of the most reliable aircraft for training is the Piper Seminole, a twin-engine plane that offers hands-on experience for future pilots. Section 1: Getting to Know the Piper Seminole The Piper Seminole is a versatile twin-engine aircraft frequently used for flight training, particularly for pilots advancing to multi-engine ratings.

Descent

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. This weather phenomenon is called a microburst , one of aviations deadliest threats. Key Takeaways Microbursts can cause severe wind shear and downdrafts. They are difficult to detect, making pilot awareness and training vital.

Wind Shear

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. Key Takeaways Occluded fronts merge warm and cold front hazards, causing complex, severe weather. What Is a Weather Front? What happens here?

Pilot

Pilot Institute

MAY 26, 2025

The sky is clear, and a jetstream wind gently carries you forward. These weather events are fierce and brutal, and whats worse is that you never see them coming. Weather reports, forecasts, and PIREPS are the best way to identify and warn others about CAT. Clear air turbulence doesnt need stormy weather to show up.

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

JUNE 24, 2025

Yes, controllers have many other ancillary roles that include helping circumnavigate adverse weather, but it’s not their priority to provide a pilot with weather guidance. Nevertheless, controllers do make an attempt to assist pilots around weather when workload permits. This engenders delays in the NAS.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

Squall lines are powerful weather phenomena that can impact vast areas. Moisture, instability, lift, and wind shear are needed to form and sustain a squall line. Weather radars and reports can help you plan ahead to avoid squall lines. They deliver severe weather along their path. What Is a Squall Line?

Weather

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?

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

An aircraft go-around is when a pilot decides to abort a landing and climb back to a safe altitude for another approach. Whether it’s due to runway obstacles, unstable approaches, or weather changes, the aircraft go-around is a pilot’s best tool to avoid accidents and ensure a smooth, safe flight every time.

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 2, 2025

Bellanca 7ECA Midlothian, Texas/Injuries: None NTSB Report: CEN23LA392 The pilot was familiarizing himself with the airplane in preparation for a multiday, cross-country flight. He said that as he approached the airport, the reported weather indicated the wind was aligned with the runway.

Crosswind

iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

SkewTLogPro releases version 3.0upgrade your weather briefing today iPad Pilot News It seems like there are two types of pilots: those who have never heard of Skew-T log (p) charts and true believers who know they are the source of all truth and knowledge about weather. Is there wind shear at a certain altitude?

Weather

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. Searching for “weather” in the App Store will return a flood of apps, many of dubious value. Station Weather. But which app to use? WeatherSpork.

Weather

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Over the last 25 years, I have been asked to speak on various aviation weather topics at dozens of aviation events and gatherings. During these events, it’s quite common for a pilot to walk up and ask me about how I handled my most challenging flight as it relates to weather. READ MORE: Go or Stay?

Weather

Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog

AUGUST 4, 2024

Holt Everything a pilot is expected to know when transitioning to turbine-powered aircraft. With precision and a sense of humor, authors Greg Brown and Mark Holt cover all the basics for turbine pilot operations, clearly explaining the differences between turbine aircraft and their piston engine counterparts. by Gregory N.

Wind Shear

Learn to Fly

APRIL 11, 2024

The saying “ in like a lion out like a lamb ” is most often used for March, but April can also be a crazy weather month. Once the decision is made to divert, the next decision is to return to the departure, continue to the alternate (which was determined as part of flight planning), or pick a new destination to get out of the weather.

Weather

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.

Pilot

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

My time studying the weather proved itself well spent as the flight to Portland was uneventful and a beautiful sight. Most seemed to be using more flaps than normal for takeoff, the idea being to get away from the ground as quickly as possible to minimize their time near the ground, where a wind shear could have serious consequences.

Crosswind

Professional Pilot

MAY 10, 2024

Here, ocean currents and large-scale weather patterns often collide. Climate Scientist Significant weather prognostic chart for the north Atlantic. These charts show areas where thunderstorms, turbulence, and other weather hazards may occur on transatlantic routes. By Karsten Shein Comm-Inst.

Weather

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For pilots and anyone involved in aviation, understanding AIRMETs and SIGMETs is invaluable. These weather alerts each have their own role: AIRMETs warn about moderate conditions like turbulence, icing, and limited visibility, which can affect smaller or less equipped aircraft. Find AIRMETs and SIGMETs with the Aviation Weather Center.

UTC

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In aviation, staying ahead of the weather is a must. When weather conditions shift unexpectedly, that’s when a SPECI report comes in. A SPECI (or Special Report) offers a quick weather update between the routine METARs. Let’s explore how SPECIs are going to help you plan around unexpected weather twists.

Altimeter

Air Facts

OCTOBER 14, 2024

From light turbulence which causes a minor change in the lateral, longitudinal and vertical axis through moderate turbulence where the aircraft movement is rapid but remains in the control of the pilot and then extreme turbulence where the control of the aircraft is lost. The mechanical force is via the wind velocity and direction.

Turbulence

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Airborne Wind Shear Detection During the 1980s and 1990s, NASA led a comprehensive research program to identify the characteristics of dangerous wind shear and validated technologies that can predict its severity while in flight.

Wind Shear

Air

MAY 21, 2025

Aviation Winds Types Explained A Pilots In-Depth Guide For pilots, from their first solo to their thousandth hour, a profound understanding of the different types of wind isn’t just beneficial it’s absolutely fundamental to safety, efficiency, and the art of flying itself. And it’s unique in Europe!

Crosswind

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

There’s been a lot of interest in my recent accident analysis “ Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts.” Cold downdrafts created by virga displace warmer air near the surface creating updrafts glider pilots can, and should, use to avoid landing in downburst conditions. Absolutely!

Wind Shear

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

This year, a promising weather forecast featuring high freezing levels (expected to be 9,000+ feet) led to a decision to fly myself. The day before departure, satisfied that days of consistent weather forecasts reasonably assured a successful flight, I cancelled the rental car reservation.

Approach

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.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. Even if it’s possible to complete the training course in a reasonable time with these stipulations, the product of a bubble-wrapped curriculum is a half-trained pilot.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. Even if it’s possible to complete the training course in a reasonable time with these stipulations, the product of a bubble-wrapped curriculum is a half-trained pilot.

Wind Shear

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

During the final approach, the pilot reduced engine throttles to manage airspeed and align with the Instrument Landing System glideslope. However, the aircraft experienced wind shear, dropped below the glideslope and became thrust deficient.

Wind Shear

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Answer: When looking at the surface analysis chart issued every three hours by meteorologists at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC), you may have seen a tan dashed line with a label “OUTFLOW BNDRY” nearby. Crescent-shaped convective outflow boundary as detected on NEXRAD Doppler weather radar.

Wind Shear

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Each poses unique challenges for pilots. Weather experts classify storms as single-cell, multi-cell, squall line, or supercell. Thunderstorms create turbulence, wind shear, and icing risks for aircraft. Pilots should use weather forecasts and SIGMETs for safe flight planning. What are Thunderstorms?

Wind Shear

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

About 90% of accidents could have been prevented by the pilot. Most can be avoided by diligent pre-flight preparations; by paying attention to what’s happening around us; by staying disciplined and flying within one’s margins; and by avoiding basic piloting mistakes through regular practice.

Pilot

Ask Captain Lim

APRIL 12, 2024

A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER Photo credit: Mark Harkin ( [link] ) How flying can go wrong during pilot incapacitation in flight Pilot incapacitation refers to a situation where an operating pilot becomes unable to perform his duties due to sudden medical issues occurring during flight.

Wind Shear

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