Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. In just six months I would reflect on my training and agonize over how inadequately I had been prepared for the real world of instrument flying, which is weather.

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage. Airspeed indicators need air from a pitot tube and static air from a static port Small general aviation aircraft have airspeed indicators with air hoses connected directly to the pitot and static sources.

Pitot Tube 52

Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

It can also become lodged in pitot tubes or other ports, making altitude and airspeed readings unreliable. Critically, although some experimental ash detection avionics are being tested, normal airborne weather radars will not show ash. Ash has been known to contaminate fuel. Karsten Shein is cofounder of 2DegreesC.org.

Pitot Tube 40

Pitot Tube Weather Pilot NOTAMs 40